MUMBAI : Releasing their debut album “Liquor Store Stories” this past August, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia's Human Missile Crisis has a new music video for their track "Too Long", a song written around being in a self-medicating and self-destructive mindset.
aGuitarist/vocalist DJ Vaters explains further:
"Whether it be with drugs or alcohol or whatever. Using substances to numb the real problems and emotional trauma of whatever happened in life that brought you to that point. It’s about that night in your life when you go out and party or indulge a little too much, honestly because you just don’t care about yourself anymore. You’re out and having fun, but you start to question why you’re there and why you are even doing this, to begin with. Maybe it was a self-destructive downward spiral that brought you to this point, you’re in a place where you don’t know if you’re going to get to sleep again or maybe if you do fall asleep. Will you ever wake up again? All the while, having friends and family who love you at home and they are worrying about you. You know you need to pull yourself out of that place but you don’t know how. I was there before to a degree and know others who have been there much deeper, others who haven’t made it back. Like the line in the song says “A place that we’ve all been before, the feeling disappears” In a way it is a place that we have all been before and you don’t have to stay there, that feeling can disappear."
Watch and listen to the video for "Too Long" via its premiere on V13 HERE.
Human Missile Crisis' debut album “Liquor Store Stories”, is a garage rock, post-punk tribute to life, love, making mistakes, and the fallen. Powerful rhythms, aggressive executions, and some weird bits can all be found in this succinct 34-minute record.
“Liquor Store Stories” is not just an album; it's a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and a rollercoaster ride through life's highs and lows. Human Missile Crisis combines raw energy with introspective lyricism, creating a sound that's as powerful as it is cathartic.
Recorded at The Sonic Temple by Lil Thomas, with additional tracking by Braden Kamermans of the Halifax-based indie rock band Sleepy Kicks at Uthful Music. The album was mixed by Braden Kamermans and mastered at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon by Brad Boatright. The album art is a photo of Vaters' cat NUB, which was given an artistic treatment by Amy Crosby. The multifaceted album is a therapeutic journey and is recommended for fans of Queens of the Stone Age, Single Mothers, and Cloud Nothings.
The album “Liquor Store Stories” was released on August 25, 2023, and is available at the following links:
Spotify - https://spotify.link/hi5TGe5Y4Cb
Bandcamp - https://humanmissilecrisis.bandcamp.com
Linktree - https://linktr.ee/humanmissilecrisis
Previous Videos
“Liquor Store Stories”
"Blackwater"
Track Listing:
1. Do You Remember – 3:00
2. The Spark – 4.22
3. Haunted Home – 2:28
4. Problems – 4:00
5. Blackwater – 3:30
6. Distant Memory – 4:02
7. Liquor Store Stories – 4:40
8. Too Long – 4:03
9. Mr Pryor – 4:16
Album Length: 34:26
Human Missle Crisis is.
DJ Vaters - Guitar/Vocals
Justin Boutilier - Bass
Matthew MacIsaac - Drums