Motherhood Share Foreboding Video for New Single "Shepherd"

It previews their forthcoming album inspired by the sonic amalgamation of Beach Boys, Haruki Murakami and Marty Robbins

BY Kayla HigginsPublished May 9, 2022

New Brunswick-based post-punk trio Motherhood have shared the latest single to be lifted off of their new record, Winded.

The track, "Shepherd," comes in tandem with a new music video, which features the album's protagonist navigating their way through a crop-dusted landscape until ultimately finding themselves in a strange, augmented world. 

The single was one of the first to be completed by the band mid-lockdown — and one of the last to come together for the album, which is described as a sonic amalgamation of Beach Boys, Haruki Murakami and Marty Robbins.

"I kept picturing someone walking through the halls of a motel, with shag carpet and cigarette smoke," Motherhood member Penelope Stevens explained in a release. "The demo was originally called 'Creepy Motel,' for that reason, even though the song ended up being about sheep. We spent a long time playing with major and minor transitions, taking inspiration from the Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads and old Westerns. Then Brydon [Crain, singer] wrote the verses and chord progression, and we battled it all out until basically the night before we went into the studio."

Stevens added: "For being such a hard-won song, it ended up being one of our collective favourites for sure."

Check out the video for "Shepherd" below.

 

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