Mega Bog share video for new single ‘Love Is’
MEGA BOG SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘LOVE IS’
NEW ALBUM END OF EVERYTHING OUT 19 MAY VIA MEXICAN SUMMER
UK TOUR THIS SUMMER INCLUDING LONDON’S THE LEXINGTON ON 16 AUGUST AS WELL AS GREEN MAN FESTIVAL
“[Erin Birgy is] funny and messy and writes like the dreamiest kid on the playground and also the wisest old man… she makes it seem like even the tiniest protean critter is a marvelous sight to behold”
8.0 Pitchfork
“It’s the glorious idiosyncratic performances and avant-pop soundscapes unique to Erin Birgy that utterly envelops the listener”
The Quietus
Watch the video for ‘Love Is’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET4-JO8LxVM
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Mega Bog — the experimental pop outfit fronted by Erin Elizabeth Birgy – today shares ‘Love Is’, the newest single from her forthcoming album, End of Everything, out 19 May on Mexican Summer. It is accompanied by a strange, B-Horror-esque video directed by Allison Goldfarb.
‘Love Is’ is a soaring anthem that further explores Birgy’s more direct songwriting approach and new synth-heavy palette. It was originally written by Birgy’s close friend Austin Jackson of jazz-punk band Dragons, who Birgy met in Flagstaff, AZ while touring over a decade ago. Birgy explains: “Austin wrote some of the most shameless and relatable love ballads of all my friends, but presented them through punk bands filled with musical witches practicing sex magic publicly in the smallest, wettest, and most haunted basements. Another close friend, Tristan Jemsek of Dogbreth, also covered ‘Love Is’, and has been an anthem in a specific circle of friends for over a decade. I’ve played a dance version for myself at small, secret shows for years, and finally felt like it was time to share my version with the world”.
‘Love Is’ also features backing vocals from Westerman, who helps seal the fated dancefloor transcendence Birgy had long been dreaming of by lending a thick yearning spirit and voice to the track. Of the collaboration, Birgy states: “The magic of ‘Love Is’ 100 percent needed a counterpart to plead through the reckoning of love imagined, love’s reality, and Westerman was a noble companion through this musical voyage”.Where previous records — namely 2021’s acclaimed breakthrough Life, And Another — stretched out into the abstract and ethereal, End of Everything delivers a hit straight to collective awareness and healing. In 2020, Birgy was surrounded by seemingly endless turmoil: mass death, a burning planet, and a personal reckoning when past traumas met fresh ones. Living in Los Angeles, against the backdrop of horrifying forest fires, she questioned what perspective to use moving forward in such dumbfounded awe. Deciding to seize something tangible, she produced a record that spoke of surrender, of mourning, and support in the face of tumultuous self-reflection.
End of Everything was recorded with James Krivchenia (Big Thief) who co-produced the record with Birgy and played drums, bringing his rhythmic mastery and wild percussive spirit. Krivchenia also mixed the record and co-engineered it with Phil Hartunian. The album’s fantastical textures and heavy polyphony owe a great deal to synthesiser maestro and pianist Aaron Otheim. Zach Burba, one of the founding members of Mega Bog, plays bass, while Will Segerstrom, Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), and Jackson Macintosh (Drugdealer, TOPS) contribute electric guitars.End of Everything is a multifaceted body of work accompanied by The Practice of Hell Ending, Birgy’s first published collection of poetry. Written alongside the album, The Practice of Hell Ending beckons the reader to travel further into the landscapes of Birgy’s inner worlds.This summer, Birgy will play a handful of headline shows the UK in support of End of Everything as well as appearing at this years Green Man Festival. Full dates are listed below and tickets are on sale now.Watch the video for previously shared single ‘The Clown’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2S_hhh_wDs
High-res images can be found here
Photo credit: Amanda Jasnowski Pascual
Pre-order End of Everything here:
https://megabog.ochre.store/
Tour dates:
13 Aug – Glasgow @ The Hug & Pint
14 Aug – Manchester @ YES (basement)
15 Aug – Brighton @ The Prince Albert
16 Aug – London @ The Lexington
17-20 Aug – Brecon Beacons @ Green Man Festival
Tickets are available here:
https://megabog.com/
End of Everything tracklist:
1. Cactus People
2. The Clown
3. Love Is
4. Don’t Doom Me Now
5. All and Everything
6. Anthropocene
7. Complete Book of Roses
8. End of Everything