Los Angeles melodic punk trio Moonraker are back, and today we’re thrilled to premiere the music video for their latest single, “Sometimes I Drink From The Volcano.” It is the latest track to be taken off the band’s new 12-track album, Me and the Bells, out this Friday via Punkerton Records (pre-order).

The track showcases the band’s signature blend of explosive hooks, self-aware sarcasm, and raw existential energy. Recorded at Denver’s Black in Bluhm with producer Chris Fogal (The Gamits, PEARS, The Bombpops), the new album tackles anxiety, survival, and the strange determination required to keep creating art in a landscape that makes doing so nearly impossible.

That reality is at the front and center of the new track, as detailed by drummer and vocalist David Green:

“There is seemingly no realistic way to make a living making music, at least in a, ‘This is my job, I clock in, do my work, and clock out and do something else’ capacity (unless you’re EXTREMELY fortunate). You kinda have to always be grinding away at it when you’re not doing it and also have like six other irons in the fire. You could make a living playing music if you play in two bands, a cover band, teach lessons, and do a few other things and even then you’re most likely just kinda scraping by.

There’s not a lot of, ‘This is my one job that pays all of my bills and it’s playing in my band’ going on anymore. There’s also not a lot of ‘This is my one job and it pays all of my bills and it’s (insert normal person job title)’ going on anymore either. But maybe there used to be? It kinda seems like all of us were raised on the belief that all of our heroes weren’t struggling at their day jobs behind the scenes. Like, there’s no way Slash is gonna have to get someone to fill in for him at the next Guns N’ Roses tour cause his job wouldn’t give him the time off without cutting his health insurance. But that’s unfortunately a real possibility for I wanna say, 75% of the bands I listen to if not way more. So yeah, sometimes we drink a little bit.”

To bring the track to life musically and visually, the band brought along a few friends:

“Our friend Ian Legge (The Punk Cellist) came out to Denver with us to play cello on it and our friend Luke Gunn (Dollar Signs) played horns on it. We had a blast shooting the video. Shout out to Rhythm Sinclair for shooting it and Brandon Robbins for editing it. You guys killed it!”