Toronto Buzz Rockers Wine Lips Unleash Spanky The Clown In New Music Video For “In The Clear”

Toronto fuzz-rock group Wine Lips dropped their phenomenal third record Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party over the weekend via Montreal’s iconic Stomp Records. From the release is the frantic single “In The Clear”, which has the group combining influences from The Hives, Thee Oh Sees, and Idles for a high tempo rock n’ roll hit. Accompanying the track is the clown horror music video, giving the track an extra dose of adrenaline and tenacity.

The music video, which was directed by Ciarán Downes, filmed by Jamie Gagain and edited by Ciarán Downes & Taylor Lucas, is a tongue in cheek look at overreactions and self-diagnosis. Singer Cam Hilborn describes the video by saying, “We wanted to play off a person’s reaction to some bad news but in a very over exaggerated way. The video follows a clown who has just been given news that he is an expecting father on a parody of the Maury Show. The result is the clown having a complete meltdown and going on a killing spree”.

Commenting on the message behind the new single, Hilborn adds, “In the Clear tells a story a few can likely relate to of feeling like a hypochondriac. When self diagnosis becomes alarming after researching symptoms on the world wide web and the results are of course interpreted to imply that death is around the corner. Then you work up enough courage to see the doctor only to have them tell you that you’re fine and that there was nothing to be worried about in the first place.”

For two minutes, Wine Lips melt together groove, energy, and chaos for an explosive, riff-fronted offering.

Watch the music video below: