Southern California post-punk band DETOXi has released a music video for “In Laughter,” a track originally written during the pandemic and finally given visual treatment years later. The song explores themes of separation, longing, and love surviving through joy rather than suffering, delivered with anthemic melodies and urgent instrumentation reminiscent of The Cult and Killing Joke. Director Braedon Roller crafted a Lynchian visual aesthetic inspired by David Lynch’s Blue Velvet alongside dark cinema, employing overcranked camera techniques to create a hypnotic performance effect filmed across two separate nights over four years. The band’s history reflects pandemic-era disruption: they released their debut album First Flesh in February 2020 just before lockdowns, followed by the In Laughter EP in March 2021. Band members subsequently scattered geographically and pursued separate projects, yet the track gained underground traction through social media and DJ support during their hiatus.
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