Short Drive with a Kidnapper is the first video from Grandhorse’s Debut LP Portraiturefolio.

According to Grandhorse drummer Devon Shirley, “‘Short Drive with A Kidnapper’ is what happens when you put Ben Meyercord, weird friends in costumes, lots of cheap beer, a fog machine, a ginger and a Russian video editor together. Magical.”

Portraiturefolio is an album of straight-ahead songs built around venerable pop conventions. The vocals are mercifully un-ironic, propelled on a skintight beat and surrounded on all sides by guitar melodies that weave, fall behind, butt heads and arc over one another. This is indie rock with out pretence or pastiche taking in elements of pop, garage rock, and even a hint of shoegaze, and all the more refreshing for it.

Watch the video. Get the album for a pay-what-you-want deal at Bandcamp here.

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