The good shit arrives in double-dose delight from Maryland rockers With Lions today, with the Crave-exclusive premiere of the lyric video for the band’s hip-grinding, power-thrusting single “Down We Go,” as well as a very special remix of “Can’t Hold Me” by We Are Dark Angels.
With Lions first locked our full attention with the January premiere of “Fight Back (DestroyBoy remix),” with a thrusting melodic rhythm that’s equal parts sexy and dangerous under a swarming guitar riff. It sent us deep into their latest album Fast Luck, a remarkably potent release which finds Woody Ranere, Christian Celaya and Josh Thomas leaning into a powerful and raw collection of tracks we can’t wait to see onstage.
Directed by Sage Atwood, the “Down We Go” video was filmed in Paris and Brooklyn, backing the song’s churning rhythm and gang-chorus singalong infectiousness. Fans of “Gotham” on Fox will recognize the song from its appearance in last week’s episode.
“Sage directed our previous lyric video for ‘Rundown (The Fire)’ and we appreciated his approach to filmmaking, which resisted using stock images or clips and instead shooting hypnotic scenes from scratch,” the band tell Crave of the experience. “He had visited Paris shortly after the massacres and wanted to explore the city’s alleyways and streets from a new perspective. Our main concept was to put the viewer in a trance while listening to the song.”
The second installment of today’s With Lions doubleshot premiere is the “Can’t Hold Me (We Are Dark Angels Remix),” featuring Deantoni Parks (a rock n roll hall of famer who’s put in time in some of our all-time favorite projects, including The Mars Volta, FlyLo and more) and Nicci Kasper, who previously collaborated in the bands Kudu and Bosnian Rainbows.
For the “Can’t Hold Me” remix, Deantoni, who frequently collaborates with Christian and Woody of With Lions (the three have an album consisting of epic, film trailer cues slated for release this year) wanted to put a new spin on the song by taking it to a dreamier realm than the more menacing, tense angle that Fast Luck features. He sure as hell succeeded – check out the wild ride below, exclusively premiered on Crave:
Also check out With Lions on a collaborative Spaghetti-Western cover of Depeche Mode’s “I Feel You”.
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