Hobosexual – The Traffic Jam from Amelia Gydé on Vimeo.
Earlier this week Guerrilla Candy featured a clip of Hobosexual performing the acoustic ditty “Sonata for the Working Man” and today we’re thrilled to debut Hobosexual’s video for “Traffic Jam.”
“Traffic Jam” is the hidden track off Hobosexual’s self-titled debut record and it tells the tale of what happens after going to extreme measures to get to work when you’re stuck in a killer traffic jam. I alluded to the song a bit in the Guerrilla Candy feature story about the band (I understand if it was one of those dnr;tl situations). The video follows the song’s narrative and features two adorable lip syncing kids, some Rambo-style Army crawling, a faux 486 computer getting a good Office Space-ing and other funny moments. So pretty much, it’s your typical Hobosexual material.
In case you didn’t already know or couldn’t tell, Hobosexual is a band with a sense of humor that doesn’t take itself too seriously and that is reflected in the “Traffic Jam” video right from the start when Hobo singer Ben Harwood attempts to put a cassette tape into a car CD player. I’m guessing the tape is a subtle nod to the upcoming live album the band plans on releasing on cassette soon. And no, I’m not joking.
But don’t worry the cassettes will come with download codes for the entire album for those of you too young to have ever experienced the joy of winding a strung out cassette tape back together with a pencil. The cool part about the cassette release is that there will be additional songs on the tape that aren’t available as part of the download, which will be an added bonus for those of us who still possess tape players.
Hobosexual’s next show is March 10 at the Funhouse (9 p.m., $6) with The Beautiful Mothers and Fonzarelli.
