Interview: Texas Based Band Roadkeeper Discuss Their Single/Video "Enemy Mine"
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““Enemy Mine” came together fast. We basically saw it as soon as the jam started. The song is about impressionable people, especially young boys, being radicalized via social networks. ”
What originally led you to come together and decide to form the band Roadkeeper?
We have always played together off and on and in other forms. Through different avenues, we have ended up here in this iteration and are enjoying it so far. Aiming to keep it moving.
Would you say that Roadkeeper’s music has an overall concept or message that you want to convey to the listener and/or viewer?
ego die hard
Congratulations on the release of your new video for “Enemy Mine”; it’s very intense. Regarding the song itself, what was the band’s inspiration for its lyrics and what was your creative process for its development?
“Enemy Mine” came together fast. We basically saw it as soon as the jam started. The song is about impressionable people, especially young boys, being radicalized via social networks. It is infuriating to see the results and we are thankful we have not been radicalized ourselves. I do not think a lot of people realize how easy it is to get pulled in that direction, especially if you are a younger white guy.
It is an exponential decline that starts off soft. When you are young, and things are not going your way it is easy to anchor your ideology to concepts like logic and reason. But logic and reason do not always equal truth. They often do not, and you cannot base your whole perspective around them.
How did you connect with the video’s director and come up with its overall theme visually?
That is our good friend Robert (https://www.instagram.com/wunderfuldesign/?hl=en). He does fantastic work. Not just video, he designs a ton of things for people. Merch, videos, brewery labels, everything. We are always pleased with what he does with video though. He has done a few of our other videos, Downs and Narcissistic Peoples, off the top of my head.
As far as the theme of the video goes, we just sent the song to him and said, you know, make something cool that goes with this, we have been watching old metal videos and like those, he says cool. He does the video, and it is cool, then we are good and have a video to release.
Will “Enemy Mine” be a part of an upcoming album or EP this year? If so, what can you tell us about it?
Possibly. We are going to release more music.
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