Premiere: Indie Rock Outfit Molly Ringworm Share New Video for “Down/Out”

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Jun 30, 2023

By Caleb Campbell

New Jersey-based indie rock outfit Molly Ringworm started again in 2015 because the confessional lo-fi mission of singer/songwriter Sarah Holt. Since then, Holt has been joined by guitarist (and cousin) Johnny Zappas, bassist Andrew Simpson, and drummer Michael Auble, solidifying their full-band fashion of melodic indie rock. The band debuted with their 2019 EP, Good Ol Boys, adopted by their newest EP final 12 months, Appears. Earlier within the month, they returned with their first single of the 12 months, “Down/Out,” and at the moment they’re sharing the monitor’s accompanying video, premiering with Underneath the Radar.

“Down/Out” is one other ‘90s-tinged indie tune, one which the band has honed with a pointy pop edge. The rollicking drums and melodic guitar work trace towards storage rock whereas Holt’s refrain brings the monitor an irresistibly catchy sheen, providing an enormous singalong finale within the latter half of the monitor. But, there’s additionally a extra nervy and raging ingredient of the monitor, one which comes out when the drum fills flip frenetic and the guitar soloing descends into distorted chaos. That swirling, conflicted undercurrent additionally comes out within the lyrics. Holt meditates on the moments the place uncertainty and resentment are effervescent underneath the floor however haven’t fairly come to the forefront but: “I’m knocked down / I don’t wanna dance across the ring, I desire a showdown / I’m knocked out / I don’t wanna be the one to go away and I don’t need to be with out you.”

In the meantime, the accompanying video leans equally into that chaotic aspect. Written and directed by Holt and produced by Brandon Ferriero, the video tributes the absurd and wild heights of MTV, that includes palm studying, incense, Tornado, cake, rollerskating, and one bandmember getting pelted with meatballs.

Holt says of the monitor, “The track, recording, and video idea for ‘Down/Out’ all kind of poured out. The track was written in a day in January of 2022 whereas I used to be residence quarantining with COVID. It offers with the uncertainty and burnout I used to be feeling from the pandemic, dwelling with a companion for the primary time, and my first 12 months of instructing highschool. The association shortly fell into place with the band, and we recorded it dwell in a day with our producer Oscar Suh-Rodriguez, founding father of Kidokoro Data.

The script for the video was written in a day, too. I’m obsessive about Gregg Araki, and plenty of these scenes are paying homage to moments from his movie Nowhere. His works cope with the emotions of alienation I felt on the time when the track was written. He additionally has this knack for creating this absurd, chaotic America you desperately need to dwell in, after which shattering it at its top with harsh, violent actuality. I wished to try to emanate that. Brandon’s knowledgeable manufacturing and our pals’ and companions’ appearing helped carry all of it to life.”

Try the track and video under, out all over the place now.