Comedic masterminds behind DC-based musical duo Griefcat: Annie Nardolili and Louisa Hall, don leather gloves, chains, and plaided long coats to channel their inner rebel in their hilarious new punk rock single: "Carbon Footprint."
The song is a celebratory advance single from their soon-to-be-released album: "Late Stage Capitalism," which will be out this coming Friday, April 19.
In addition, the duo also released an accompanying music video that sees the two "screaming out" lyrics about someone's "carbon footprint," as directed by Carter Louthian.
About Griefcat's 'Carbon Footprint'
The plaid wardrobe of the duo and their band of climate-conscious musical ruffians in the video is a nod to Vivienne Westwood's punk designs and oddly fits the backdrop of a run-of-the-mill home garage, invoking DIY bands any disgruntled teen aspires to be a part of.
Only for this rebellious movement, the "man" Griefcat is shaking their fists at is part of the one-two punchline as they play on the cognitive dissonance of protesting against systems that the very same people are reliant on for survival.
"Punk is a big departure for us, but an antiestablishment album calls for an antiestablishment song," says the duo. "We had so much fun writing and recording it."
The duo doubles down on the hilarity by committing to the anti-establishment lyricism in the song, saying, "The beautiful irony is that the term carbon footprint was coined by oil companies."
"One of our favorite lines is: 'Well I hope you do your taxes,'" they continue. "We are raging against the machine, but we have to operate inside the machine in order to survive (and to avoid going to jail for tax evasion)."
Perhaps adding more to the comedy, the duo jokingly admits that they themselves have not calculated their own carbon footprint.
You can watch the official music video for "Carbon Footprint" right below.
On Griefcat's Forthcoming Album: 'Late Stage Capitalism'
The duo's latest contribution to the musical comedy "canon," wherein they are often related to classic acts like the Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, and Garfunkel and Oates, is their "Late Stage Capitalism" album, which is infused with a comedic language uniquely their own.
This new record explores the unbridled, full-scale invasion of privacy that capitalism has gotten away with in modern life, be it in workplace politics interpersonal relationships, and even in our most intimate moments.
According to the two, they came up with the name back in 2020 while writing for the most well-known single off the album to date: "Revolution (Poop At Work)", a song about the little coups the "working class" can partake in to stick it to the corporate overlords.
Exemplifying the hilarious song's success is its over 25 million organic views spanning different video clips with more than 15 million of the views coming from the song alone.
Different celebrities even contributed to the song's metrics (including SZA and actor Alan Tudyk) and some chimed in on the hilarity, like Questlove who commented: "LOL I feel seen, I see my version as a political act."
Other tracks in the album include "I Just Want To Get Inside (Your Bank Account)," a '90s-style love song about two women's "contrasting" interests in a budding relationship; and "Cryptobro," a traditional country breakup bop grieving the loss a partner that fell victim to the Crypto rabbit hole.
All in all, "Late Stage Capitalism" comprises nine unique tracks that are all equally hilarious and have different musical foundations, all the while being surprisingly thought-provoking.
The record is now available for pre-save and pre-order ahead of its release this Friday through this link. Additionally, Griefcat will also be playing a series of DMV-area dates starting on April 21, which you can learn more about by clicking here.
