Photo Credit: Connor Peck
Remo Drive have released a video for their single Ode to Joy 2, the second track from their forthcoming album A Portrait of an Ugly Man.
“The lyrics were inspired by the excess I perceived around me as I transitioned from being a college student into touring full time,” explains vocalist Erik Paulson. “Most people who’ve done either can confirm that many social interactions are built around having a drink or smoking weed. Once the honeymoon period of exploration was over for me, I became frustrated with the omnipresence of drugs and alcohol and wanted to write about it… Oh what fun it is laughing at nothing, by this age we all have it down.. When I wrote the final version of the lyrics, I tried to connect with how I think when I’m drunk. I always feel as though I’m loving and hating every second of it. This song captures that same ambivalence.”
The video for Ode to Joy 2 was created in the early days of quarantine, check it out below.
A Portrait of an Ugly Man is due for release on 26th June 2020 via Epitaph Records, available to pre-order HERE.
