Pitchfork

Don't look for big-budget special effects in the scrappy indie rock of Blood on the Wall, or in this video, either. The first clip from Liferz, this year's follow-up to 2005's well-named Awesomer, splices together footage from three SXSW performances as the Brooklyn trio romp through album opener "Hibernation". The humble visual aesthetic makes sense from a group seemingly fixated (and why the hell not?) on the college-rock of the Pixies and Sebadoh. "Hibernation" introduces Blood on the Wall sounding ragged, muscular, and more in love with the 1990s than VH1, though we're hardly talking about the same 90s here. It's not all just shots of the band rocking out on Austin's various daytime and nighttime stages, either. OMG, a kitty!

[from Liferz; out now on The Social Registry]