I don’t know what “Horse Jumper of Love” means, but I will tell ya what: I know this band rips, and that’s really all that matters. Their new single “Today’s Iconoclast,” which pays tribute to filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (ever heard of Criterion, bro?), only furthers this well-researched hypothesis. The single will be featured on the band’s new album Disaster Trick, set to arrive on August 16 via Run for Cover Records. On the track, crunching guitar chords and a shuffling drum groove provide room for singer Dimitri Giannopoulos to ruminate on the fleeting nature of, you guessed it, today’s iconoclasts. We even get an Amazon Basics shoutout.
Regarding the track, Giannopoulos said: “I was watching a Pasolini film and read someone describe him as an iconoclast. I became obsessed with that word and idea. In order to make something good, you have to destroy a belief in some way. You can’t stay static, you have to accept change and be able to adjust. I was thinking everyone should try to be as iconoclastic as they can because a lot of people end up being unhappy or unsatisfied. I think we all could be happier if we made an effort to destroy what we believe to be true about our own desires.”
Check out the video for “Today’s Iconoclast” below, and pre-order Disaster Trick here.
