Orange County grindy ska-core band Corrupt Vision and San Diego crusty pop punks Se Vende both make music that sounds like it could’ve come out of the late ’80s / early ’90s Lookout! Records/924 Gilman era, so they’re a very cool match for a split EP, and they’ll release one called How Much Trash is Enough? on June 21 via No Time Records (pre-order). Ahead of the release, we’re premiering one song/video from each band, Se Vende’s “Wasting Life Naturally” and Corrupt Vision’s “Endless Eights.” Both songs are as gritty as they are catchy, and they pair very well together. Se Vende’s Collin Smith says:
The song “Wasting life, naturally” touches on the side of ourselves we want to kill, for lack of better words. The self degrading, self centered, ashamed, apprehensive side of ourselves. The part of us, or myself, within that holds ourselves/myself back. The guilty feeling when you’re worn out from working all day and you’re staring at the wall, but know you should be doing more for yourself and the community around you, as well as the ingrained capitalist “hustle culture” that provides guilt that we don’t do enough or don’t produce enough, it’s all bullshit and must be destroyed.
I really like the video, the concept was thought up by Jon and myself. It wasn’t until we met up with our good friend, J. Strickland, we were able to bring the idea to life. Basically it shows myself dragging myself into a room to be shot up with “truth serum” and interrogated and then ultimately discarded on the side of the road and shot in the head. Probably my favorite video we’ve done to date.
Corrupt Vision’s Tommy “Thqmas” Smith says:
“Endless Eights” touches on environmentalism, pollution, hypercapitalism and the toll these all take on one’s mental health with a healthy dose of references to “Cyberpunk” and “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.”
Check out both right here:
Tracklist
Se Vende:
1. Wasting Life, Naturally
2. Please, Stomp it Out
Corrupt Vision:
3. Endless Eights
4. I’m Sorry Anti-Venom, But I Forgot How to Smile