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Garbage have unveiled the video for their latest track ‘The Chemicals’, featuring Brian Aubert from Silversun Pickups.
The video is being released to celebrate Record Store Day, and the single will be available on limited editon 10" vinyl during Record Store Day weekend.
Shirley Manson discussed her band’s collaboration with Aubert in a new interview with Mashable, saying: “It’s something we've sort of begun as a tradition from our days of doing duets with people we really love and admire, and this time around we wanted to collaborate with Brian just because we've had the pleasure of bumping into him on the circuit.”
“He and I met doing a benefit at the Pablove Foundation a few years ago now, and we just love him,” she continued. “We love his energy and he's really funny and an amazing talent and an incredible singer. And we love that he sounds androgynous — you don’t know what he is. You don’t know whether he's a girl or a boy a lot of the time, and I love that."
Watch Garbage's 'The Chemicals':
Manson shared the story behind the Sophie Muller-directed video, revealing that a lot of people in the video for ‘The Chemicals’ are Muller’s relatives. “We've always been talking about the beauty of small punk clubs,” Manson said. “We were sort of rueing the loss of a lot of those clubs that Sophie and I grew up in — that sort of sweaty excitement and the sensuality that comes when you cram people in such a tiny space. And we just thought it would go really well with the track. She had the footage and showed it to me and said, ‘I've got this footage, and if you love it I’ll cut it to 'The Chemicals,'’ and that’s about what she did.”
In celebration of Record Store Day, Manson also discussed the importance of vinyl, stating that “there is something incredibly focused about listening to vinyl.”
“It demands that you pay attention; it demands that you immerse yourself in that sort of dynamic with the music,” she said. “You can’t just sort of put a piece of vinyl on and zone out. For whatever reason, it forces you to pay attention the entire way through, then physically get up to change the side.”
Garbage recently announced a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Garbage.
So far, they will be playing the following shows:
7 November, Zenith Paris, La Villette
8 November, O2 Academy, Brixton
9 November, O2 Academy, Brixton
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