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Portland Deathrock Outfit ESSES Swirl in a Crystalline Dreamscape with their Video for “Faceless Past”

Portland-based deathrock outfit ESSES debut their stunning new video for “Faceless Past”, the seventh video that is part of the visual album Bloodletting For The Lonely. Directed and shot by…

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Post-Punk.com Best of 2021

In the second year of a global pandemic, there were several themes prevalent in music, but most of all sincerity and earnestness seemingly took the center stage. During the transitional…

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Portland Deathrock Outfit Esses Evoke Shadowplay and Silent Films in Their Video for “Caged Beasts”

Portland-based deathrock outfit ESSES explore the concept of shadowplay quite literally with an enchanting new video for “Caged Beasts”. Taking inspiration from silent cinema (specifically Fritz Lang’s masterpiece Metropolis), the…

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Oakland Deathrockers Esses Explore Mental Health in Their Video for “Schism”

Oakland deathrockers Esses have bookended the release of their recently released narrative album Bloodletting For The Lonely, with the video for the closing track “Schism”. “Schism” examines the sharp and…

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Oakland Deathrockers ESSES Alter the Timeline in Their Video for “Before the Blight”

“There is a literal depiction of a woman undoing the work of man as the timeline shifts from the red contrast to its normal state. But have we gone too…

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Oakland Deathrockers ESSES Release Video For “Little Mouse”

Oakland Deathrock mainstays ESSES usher in their upcoming 2021 album Bloodletting for the Lonely with the release of their video for Little Mouse. “The track explicitly and metaphorically pores over what we,…

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