Premiere: Cass Cwik & The Small Gasoline Engines Shares New Video for “Underneath Your Spell”

Sophomore LP Clever, Wild & Free Out September eighth

Aug 25, 2023

By Caleb Campbell

Cass Cwik & The Small Gasoline Engines are a brand new indie Americana group led by singer/songwriter Cass Cwik. The band launched a self-titled file in 2021, and are following this 12 months with a brand new file, Clever, Wild & Free. Their forthcoming sophomore album hits on an analogous mix of indie rock, nation, and folks, infusing their sound with currents of melodic, sun-dappled appeal and dusty, weathered candor. They’ve already shared the file’s title observe this 12 months, and at this time they’re again with an accompanying video for one more single, ‘Underneath Your Spell,” premiering with Underneath the Radar.

With “Underneath Your Spell,” Cwik delivers a loping country-tinged ballad, gently guided by a winding two-step rhythm, breezy guitar licks, and a plaintive vocal efficiency from Cwik. Cwik has a approach of effortlessly evoking nation touchstones and sunny shades of Americana, constructing into his songwriting an easy appeal and heat, lived-in really feel. The accompanying video evokes that very same classic ingredient and acquainted fashion, although Cwik and firm additionally paint the video with loads of winking humor, together with some slapstick bodily comedy and a puppet dream sequence.

Cwik explains, “I got here up with the idea for this video on a whim after my buddy and musical cohort Cam Cowles recommended we movie in my home bar with my Hello-8 digicam. The storyline is a bit over-the-top and comical. I’d been watching a little bit of The Three Stooges and Monty Python on the time in order that’s the place my head was at. The director for this video, Adam Rebora, refined the imaginative and prescient and actually got here by way of with some class-A course when it got here to filming. I don’t suppose we may’ve requested for a greater director and I’ve to offer him full credit score for making it truly humorous. I requested a couple of shut mates and neighbors to assist spherical out the forged and almost all of them agreed for which I’m very grateful. My associate Sara made the puppets and helped movie the dream sequence. It was only a enjoyable shoot total as you can think about after a couple of rounds and a pair iced tea photographs.”

Try the music and video beneath. Clever, Wild & Free is out in every single place on September eighth.