Toronto post-punk act Casper Skulls are making waves and are dropping their debut EP Lips & Skull later this month. They’ve already released “Devotion” and now we have another taste of what’s to come with “Errands,” a chill track that’s giving us total Pavement vibes. As vocalist/guitarist Neil Bednis told Stereogum…
“The song at a surface level is about having to run errands for someone who has passed away. I was watching Mad Men at the time and Pete Campbell’s father dies in the series. He resented his father in the show and I imagined writing a song about doing errands for someone that died that I didn’t particularly like or get along with. If you look deeper into the narrator of the song and the deceased you see that they are both flawed people. The deceased was ignorant, sexist, and egotistical and ultimately a product of North American capitalism. The narrator is just as imperfect as he has little ability to mourn the death of his father and instead focuses on his monetary gains.”
Give “Errands” a listen below.
Lips & Skull comes out October 28th on Buzz Records. Pre-order a digital copy here or a physical copy here + Check out the EP art & tracklist below. You can also catch Casper Skulls live on tour at the dates listed below.
Tracklist
1. Devotion
2. Lips & Skull
3. Errands
4. Love Brain
5. Caught on a Wire
Tour Dates
10/07 Peterborough, ON @ The Spill
10/15 Kitchener, ON @ Open Sesame
10/29 Oakville, ON @ Lourice
11/11 Montreal, QC @ Turbohaus
11/12 Boston, MA @ O’Briens
11/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium
11/14 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
11/15 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
11/16 Cincinnati, OH @ Comet
11/19 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
11/26 Toronto, ON @ Baby G