The Exit: “Don’t Push”
12 September 2006 |NOTE: Redskins lost. 19-16, wide right. It was painful. Let’s not talk about it. I imagine the lack of a Music Video Monday was painful for all y’all yesterday as well (or, y’know, you survived just fine without it), so to rectify that situation, I’ll be posting the two best videos I’ve seen all week here today. Here’s the first one.
The Exit have been on my radar ever since I saw them open for RX Bandits in Baltimore like two summers ago, and I’ve since had the good/coincidental luck of seeing them two more times, most recently opening for Ted Leo and those crazy Pharmacists last December in New York. They’re live show was consistently awesome and despite being but a mere three piece they bring the intensity in spades, especially on “Don’t Push”, my favorite track by the band. After seeing the Terri Timely-directed video for Bobby Birdman’s “I Will Come Again” over at Shots Ring Out, I was perusing the Terri Timely website only to find that they’d recently completed a video for the track, which is awesome. It’s reminded me of both a) how awesome the song is and b) how consistently-great the Terri Timely videos are (check them out for yourself at their website, their clip for Laura Veir’s “Galaxies” is especially awesome).
The Exit are a vocal and lyrical double threat with singers/lyricists Jeff DaRosa and Ben Brewer each offering their own sound and unique style, with the former’s lyrics leaning more towards the introspective and the latter’s offering a more bold and aggressive point of view. Brewer’s in charge on this track, and the video follows him in continuous motion as he extricates himself from a car crash and walks through a series of doors, each opening into a different scene, as he deals with lust and its repercussions. Terri Timely are proving themselves as an excellent up-and-coming team of directors, and this one only further enforces that notion.


Video: “Don’t Push” - The Exit
Director: Terri Timely: Video Band
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MP3: “Don’t Push” - The Exit



























