Snakedoctors “Brighter (feat. Nik Hughes)”
Snakedoctors return with their glinting grunge liquid powder. “Brighter” sees a mixture of bleakness, illumination and gloom in a hopeful internal slow burn. The track opens with dissonance. Thickly layered. Tumbling. Like moody clouds in the darkest sky. There’s an undertone of turmoil and destruction brewing in the dreamy soundscapes. But subtly, almost unintentionally, the track unveils a hidden layer underneath all the shades.
It sounds quite impossible, but Snakedoctors did manage to do it—slowly and slowly, your ears will capture the soft rays of light that escaped from the gap between the clouds. It’s not a fleeing factor, but prevalent and steady. In fact, the first sight of gloominess and darkness is the ever-changing color. It won’t last forever. But the hope and light, even shining so briefly across the drastic soundscapes, is everything to be counted on. Perhaps “Brighter” bears a heavy tone at first glance, but the song brings a breeze of light, and there’s nothing more beautiful than the hint of sunlight on a depressing day.
Snakedoctors have a very unique sonic mixture of light and darkness. A slithering glow in the atmospheric dreamy, post-industrial sound. “Brighter,” as their past releases have been, is a headbanger with much suppressed energy holding within. Like an unerupted volcano, there’s that entanglement and struggle not being released while the clashing percussion intensifies the turmoil. It’s extraordinary.
Punk Head: I love the duality in "Brighter" and the creativity of it. Can you tell us a little bit more? What inspired you to write the song?
Snakedoctors: We all go thru some bad and some fine moments. The song reflects some actual stories but might be probably applied to things that happened to anyone’s life. We all hope that after dark days those bright might arrive. As simple as that. The lyrics have actually also a deeper second meaning is hidden in its final part…
PH: What was your favorite moment in making the music video?
Snakedoctors: We usually have a lot of fun making them. Imagine four friends who like to spend time together and have to do something serious… That’s actually probably the most serious production so far. The fun part was that… the onset restroom was out of service on that day. So we did all the filming quickly.
PH: What is your creative vision as a band?
Snakedoctors: So far it had been fun mostly. But with Waiting album arriving we believe we are actually making pretty good music with some quality in it. And that’s the plan - more music and better music.
PH: What is coming up next for you?
Snakedoctors: The new album is coming out in May. More promo videos, singles and shows. We actually already nearly finished songs for next year's album - so we want to close that one too. And then more songs, shows…
PH: What is the one thing that you’d like your fans to know about you?
Snakedoctors: That playing music is fun. And if you want to have a band - get yourself one. With friends. It’s a great way to spend time. And once you have it - send your music everywhere. Out of 100 mailouts 10 will respond and at least one will play it. As simple as that. That’s the math part of art:)
