Amyl And The Sniffers Drop NSFW Music Video for New Single ‘Jerkin'’
‘Jerkin'’ is the latest single from the group’s forthcoming Cartoon Darkness album.
Image by John Angus Stewart
Ahead of the release of Amyl And The Sniffers’ third album Cartoon Darkness, which arrives this Friday, October 25 via B2B Records/Virgin Music Group (pre-order/pre-save here), the Aussie rockers have shared new single, ‘Jerkin'’.
A rip-roaring dose of guitar rock about telling the world to piss off, the track follows the previously released singles ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’, ‘Chewing Gum’ and ‘Big Dreams’.
Speaking about the tune, Amyl And The Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor says: “It’s good to express your anger when someone’s been pissing you off and it’s good to have humour in life, especially as a woman, when you’re meant to just passively say ‘everything’s good’ to keep everyone else comfortable. The best part about this song is that a squirter can be anybody’s genitals.
“I wanted to write a song to big-up ‘the self’ while putting down the ‘other’ because sometimes, even if it’s just for a small window, that’s the best way to laugh something off and empower yourself. World’s pissing me off and breaking my heart more than ever right now, might as well poke it back. It’s pointless but it’s cathartic.”
Accompanying the single is a music video shot by John Angus Stewart that contains a fair bit of nudity. You can watch the censored version below or head to Amyl And The Sniffers’ website to view the explicit music video.
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Giving his explanation behind the music video, Stewart states, “The level of offence that a vagina or penis can generate is absolutely bizarre. Once, Amy said to me, ‘If the world wasn’t so fucked up, I’d never wear clothes.’ It’s the context we stamp onto our sex organs that makes them innately ‘offensive.’ This is why we wanted to strip away the artifice and examine the body in an open, conversational way. We approached the project as if it were a performance in itself. From concept to crewing to casting, we (the production) let the project evolve in the most natural way possible, allowing our subjects to dictate their level of input based on their comfort on the day.
“We were learning what it was as we were making it, which is basically the opposite approach I’m used to. But because this idea was driven by people’s personalities, it felt wrong to do it any other way. We just kept pulling things further and further back until we were left with just a white wall and the human body. I want to come out of everything I do with a different perspective. Just as one’s perspective changes with an Amyl song, I want to change in the same way. I think we all walked away from the shoot with an innate need to be less prudish and give less of a shit.”
As they prepare for the release of Cartoon Darkness, Amyl And The Sniffers are heading overseas for a UK and European tour in November, with an Australian tour on the horizon for 2025.
Cartoon Darkness arrives this Friday, October 25 via B2B Records/Virgin Music Group. You can pre-save/pre-order the album here and check out the album artwork and tracklisting below.
Cartoon Darkness
1. Jerkin’
2. Chewing Gum
3. Tiny Bikini
4. Big Dreams
5. It’s Mine
6. Motorbike Song
7. Doing In Me Head
8. Pigs
9. Bailing On Me
10. U Should Not Be Doing That
11. Do It Do It
12. Going Somewhere
13. Me And The Girls
