Sometimes the perils of being in a popular alt-rock band comes with its share of misfortune. For Illinois rock group REAL FRIENDS, falling victim to a homicidal maniac is one such fate. Their new video for “Me First” from their third studio album Composure (out now via Fearless Records / Caroline Australia) depicts just that. “Have you ever wanted to see our heads cut off,” asks bassist Kyle Fasel. “Well, look no further.”
“Me First,” the gutsy and intense opening track from their critically-acclaimed album, instills a sense of confidence that flows throughout the whole record. Music Connectionsays the single “oozes furious poetry” while Punktastic calls it an “anaconda-sized earworm.” The striking accompanying video matches the song’s audacity with its cheeky horror and comic book-styled violence. “We went with a more light hearted and cinematic approach than in our past videos,”Fasel explains. “Me First” finds the band trapped in a mansion being stalked by a knife/broken bottle/cat o’nine tails-wielding murderess who ultimately dispatches them one at a time and serves them up on a silver platter.
