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Spookystack

@spookystack

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@publiccircuitband
Brooklyn, nyc
Mgmt: @houseoffeelings

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My new EP “Clown” will be out July 30th with @houseoffeelings
2nd single + music vid is out next week June 25th
Blah blah blah promo promo whatever I’m just excited to share these songs with u love u <3
Art by @300billliondegrees by @spookystack

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4 months ago

Spookystack dives into the eerie, shadowy side of electroclash in the music video premiere of his newly released track ‘Paper Skin’ - out now on House of Feelings Records !!

Spookystack is Nelson Fisher, & it was his DFA-inspired production that first caught my attention, so it came as no surprise when I found out his band, Public Circuit, just opened for LCD Soundsystem. No doubt he picked up a thing or two from watching the legend himself, as Fisher arrives on the NYC scene already collecting major accolades & music scene XP.

The distant industrial world Fisher has created on ‘Paper Skin’ sounds both unsettling and addictive, with its catchy chaos nicely grounded by the drums and main bass synth. Fisher’s vocals hit with the same cool intensity as Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode, giving the track a dark, distinctive spin on the electroclash genre. The unpredictable, glitchy Crystal Castles infused instrumentation & crunchy 8-bit accents turn the volume up a notch (preferably to eleven), pairing perfectly with the black & white creepypasta aesthetics of the music video - featuring a killer clown that looks like it wandered straight out of David Lynch’s Black Lodge.

On his new single “Paper Skin,” as well as his forthcoming EP, Spookystack is dressed to kill (metaphorically of course) with slinky melodic bangers that make Fisher another indie artist to keep on your radar.

I’m fully locked into Spookystack, make sure you are as well by checking out the music video premiere of ‘Paper Skin’ - out now on House of Feelings Records <3

Label: House of Feelings @houseoffeelings
The Clown: Aaron Applebey @ajapplebey
Spookystack: @spookystack
Directed by: Malcolm Fisher @save.a.horse.ride.a.cowgirl
DOP: Kyle Andrew Smith @kyleusingcamera
Editor: Jonny Warschauer @jonny.lw
Gaffer: Conor McGrath @conor16mcgrath
Key Grip: Brandon Schock @brandon.schock
Clown Design and Makeup: Milo Mayhem @mayhem_makeovers
Produced by: Aaron Applebey, Nelson Fisher, Malcolm Fisher, Jonny Warschauer
Executive Producers: House of Feelings @houseoffeelings
Thanks to Alex Kubas-Meyer (who lent us the infrared camera) taken in New York City by @spookystack

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6 months ago

4 nights with @lcdsoundsystem starts 2morrow by @spookystack

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a year ago

Turned twenty sex(y) today
#blessed #nevergiveup #thanks by @spookystack

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12 days ago

Thanks for all the love on Clown so far <3 release show is this Thursday 8.13 @artcafebrooklyn
🤡❤️🤡❤️
Poster by @300billliondegrees by @spookystack

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2 months ago

Partyyy @artcafebrooklyn for Clown 🤡<3
Aug 13th
Poster: @300billliondegrees
📸: @35mec taken in Art Cafe + Bar by @spookystack

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My friend @spookystack just released ‘Clown’, an EP that sounds like a young DFA-er with a fresh coat of paint, before he started mourning his lost edge - out today on @houseoffeelings !!!

Somewhere between post-punk, electro, & the sweaty dance floor is where you’ll find Spookystack. Spooky has been propelled forward through the underground this year, both solo & with his band @publiccircuitband - who recently opened for @lcdsoundsystem & then @lipcritic at a sold-out show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. I’ve been digging his punk-electronic sound so it’s really cool to see this emerging indie artist’s EP come to life.

Spooky’s new music video for EP standout ‘Deep Cut’ is a track I’ve been hyped to share since I got a sneak preview a few week’s ago. I love the song’s tight, punchy 80s drums juxtaposed with the modern glitchiness of the fills. Obviously, I was going to love the simple DIY music video. The photo booth concept is an idea after my own heart, featuring light-up shutter shades (remember when I wrote an essay on how we should bring back MacBook Photo Booth selfies in 2022?)

Spooky was inspired by hearing @clairo ‘s ‘Pretty Girl’ in a coffee shop & thinking back to her iconic music video, which he hadn’t revisited since his teenage years. The video also taps into what it was like for him as an early-2000s kid, taking photo booth pix on his computer. As Spooky explains, “Art should be fun & bring out the child in us. It doesn’t need a big budget or fancy crew to be meaningful.”

The five offerings on Spookystack’s ‘Clown’ EP are molded from the same clay as his previous, post-punk indebted dance music, but with a new sheen. These are punky electronic pop songs, ready for a much larger audience.

Spooky, congrats !!! hope u remember me when you’re a mega famous rockstar <333

TYSM to @houseoffeelings for introducing me to the work of emerging indie artists like Spookystack :) taken in New York City by @spookystack

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3 months ago

Clown - EP is out in a week! + new music vid. This song is called “Deep Cut” by @spookystack

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3 months ago

Reel music #real by @spookystack

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3 months ago

OUT 7:30: Clown, the new EP by @spookystack

A leap forward from one of the NYC underground’s most promising talents

5 electro-dance tracks with pop hooks and sophisticated sense of development

We’re doing a run of cassettes for this one, clear liner shells with bright red ink, cover design and above mockup by amazing @300billliondegrees

Inquire within to preorder!
press photo by @35mec

Do not miss
We’re so hyped on this one
⬛️⬛️ by @spookystack

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3 months ago

Supporting @casketcassette at nightclub 8/7 💋
📸: @35mec by @spookystack

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3 months ago

OUT NOW: U & ME by @spookystack
From the remarkable “Clown” EP, out 7.30 right here on @houseoffeelings
Photo by @35mec

Spooky himself on the track and video:

“3 years ago I went to Berlin with my best friends and I documented the trip with this shitty little mini dv camera I had at the time. I completely forgot about the footage but stumbled across it one day while clearing up my hard drive. Immediately I was like yea this has to go in a music video. I was just about to go back to Europe but this time on tour with my band, so I decided to shoot more footage while I was out there and blend it with the clips from the previous trip. I edited it all in the back of our tour van, on Ableton, DIY till I die. The video kind of made itself - and I think it ended up unintentionally being this sort of playful back and forth between past and present me. Past me living in the moment and present me singing about that nostalgia of it all. I don’t think i really knew what U & ME was about until i made this video.”

More soon from this amazing artist
⬛️⬛️ by @spookystack

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