Though you may not understand the Hebrew that Vaadat Charigim sing in, you’ll probably have no trouble with the general message of the band, since the sounds of shoegaze are pretty universal (when have you ever really needed to know what My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields was singing about anyway?).
Straight from a Tel Aviv apartment music studio, the group’s second LP Sinking As a Stone promises another batch of somber transmissions from the Middle East about war, isolation, and boredom (the album’s Hebrew name literally translates to “The Boredom Sinks In”), and you get all three of those in the video for “Ein Li Makom,” which was premiered by The WILD.
Similar to Ariel Pink’s recent video for “Dayzed Inn Daydreams,” the video is about an aging rock star that happens to be portrayed by a real life one—in this case Aviv Mark of the Subway Suckers. Feels abound.
Sinking As a Stone is out May 19 via Burger Records.
