RVA’s Dumb Waiter return with new album and wacky new music video for ‘Yoga Bacon’

by | May 31, 2016 | MUSIC

The jazz/math rock group Dumb Waiter continue to bring the funk and deliver groovy tunes, and yesterday, the band released an amazingly

The jazz/math rock group Dumb Waiter continue to bring the funk and deliver groovy tunes, and yesterday, the band released an amazingly wacky and weird music video for a song off their latest album, Cancel Christmas.

The four-piece released the video yesterday for “Yoga Bacon” a fun and catchy” track and the video, like every other Dumb Waiter music video, never fails to entertain and you leave you wondering just what goes on inside their minds.

Animated clips care intertwined with masked men running around dancing and getting into silly shenanigans make the bulk of the video and it might be a little head-scratching for some, but it’s different and original and we dig it.

Now if you are familiar with Dumb Waiter’s work, you know their videos are always out there and strange, but never dull or boring and always keep the viewer wanting more.

Last month, the group released a video for “Wet Brain Boy”, another track off the new album, which takes one on a journey with the Easter bunny as he attempts to spread holiday cheer.

“Yoga Bacon” was edited by guitarist/vocalist Nick Crider who said the video is a montage of short films he made a few years back.

“Each one of them experimented with process, improv, and editing techniques,” Crider said. “In the past, these clips were shown simultaneously in a chaotic fashion alongside other aspects of my performance art, working out, drumming, kinetic sculpture…”

Crider explained “Yoga Bacon” was designed with that concept in mind.

“Dumb Waiter’s new track was within the same spirit of having sewn together and sporadic “parts” that came together for a whimsically terrifying outcome,” he said.

You can give this track and the other seven songs from the band’s newest album, Cancel Christmas, which dropped May 27, below.

Keep an eye out for a review of their album soon!

Amy David

Amy David

Amy David was the Web Editor for RVAMag.com from May 2015 until September 2018. She covered craft beer, food, music, art and more. She's been a journalist since 2010 and attended Radford University. She enjoys dogs, beer, tacos, and Bob's Burgers references.




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