The Vancouver band Dumb dropped the music video for Pull Me Up.
The fourth single is taken from the band’s upcoming album Pray 4 Tomorrow which comes out on November 11, 2022 via Mint Records.
Another lo-fi punk rock song that feels very The Strokes vibe.
About the track by Dumb:
“Excuse Me?”, which arrives with a video shot on tour by J Quincy Arthur, finds a Beach Boys-inspired melody placed gently atop the drop-tuned dissonance of Franco Rossino and Nick Short’s dueling guitars which ping-pong back-and-forth throughout the track. It’s another fine example of the band’s evident sonic development on Pray 4 Tomorrow which finds the quartet zig-zagging between genres and stylistics; their double a-side standalone, “Dropout / Sleep Like a Baby” demonstrated a sound lifted from the ska-inflected sounds of The Specials and Madness whereas “Pull Me Up” shifted towards a post-punk aesthetic.
Speaking about the track, the band says: “This is a drop-tuned chugga chugga choo choo where the unforgiving distorted guitars are interlaced by syncopated rhythms and group vocals. The band is politely asking their audience to excuse their frantic and messy vibe. “If I had to do it low-key, then what good would living do me?” why should DUMB tone down their neuroticisms? The title and relentlessness of “Excuse Me” is a nod to our friends in Pardoner (SF).”
Excuse Me? gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Dumb – Excuse Me? [Music Video]
