STARCRAWLER UNVEIL NEW SINGLE ‘STRANDED’
Written by Cara Mullen on July 23, 2022
LA-based Starcrawler have unveiled their new single and accompanying music video for ‘Stranded’, the third from their upcoming major label debut She Said, due to be released on September 16th 2022 via Big Machine.
‘Stranded’ is a laid-back but catchy track with hints of a 90’s throwback to the likes of Hole. It’s authentic and intense, and an easy-listening but edgy summer anthem.
Guitarist Henri Cash has described the story behind the track:
“At the beginning of covid I was missing the adrenaline of having a show and driving out to play it, so I would just be driving my car around with nowhere to go and trying to write something and being so uninspired. And then one day I got hit by another car on Figueroa and Highland Park –and it turned out to be Phoebe Bridgers’ guitar player. The song came from that rock’n’roll car crash and became a joke song about Tim’s (Franco) weird crush on Phoebe Bridgers – and then it became about something totally different.”
The music video – directed by Gilbert Trejo – is an aesthetic neon dream with a massive ‘Stranger Things’ vibe, complete with a huge cast of colourful characters.
Watch the video for ‘Stranded’ below, and stream it here. Starcrawler will appear at All Points East festival in London on August 28th.
