Total Slacker – “Super Big Gulp” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Total Slacker, who released their new album, Slip Away, this past winter, have a new video game-centric video for their song “Super Big Gulp.” In the Danny Krug-directed clip, Tucker Rountree sits down to play a mysterious Sega Genesis game only to be sucked into it (via animation that reminds me of “Digital Estate Planning,” the video game-themed episode of Community) while bandmate Emily Oppenheimer plays. Also of note: Anyone else remember that Jurassic Park game Rountree is playing in the beginning? You could pick to play as a human or a raptor, and while I wouldn’t call the thing good exactly, I still played the shit out of it as a kid and had a blast. Check all of it out below.
Tour Dates:
07/02 Pittsburgh, PA @ Cattivo *
07/03 Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio *
07/05 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s *
07/06 Boulder, CO @ Dead Leaf
07/07 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
07/08 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep *
07/09 Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room *
07/11 Columbus, OH @ The Basement *
07/15 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt *
07/20 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground *
07/21 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
07/22 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall *
07/24 Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street *
* — with Bear Hands and Junior Prom
Slip Away is out now via Black Bell Records.