Guster - 'Hard Times' [Official Music Video]

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CREDITS:
Directed and Edited by Jon Danovic

LYRICS:

Enter a scene that defies description
They say to open your mind
And take it all inside
One click at a time

We move through fictions
And send our sisters to the sacrifice
A cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times

I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times

10,000 miles of the new prescriptions
So we open our mouths and take 'em all inside
One pill at a time
The purist fictions

We send our sisters to the sacrifice
With cruel conviction
Sinister systems keep us satisfied
These are hard times

I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times

A new religion
We send our sisters to the sacrifice
And then the audience goes wild!

I’m breathing in the oxygen
I’m holding it through hard times
I’m breathing out in the ultrasound
Things come around in hard times

Guster is Brian Rosenworcel, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds and Adam Gardner.

#indie #CarWash #IndieRock

[guster]

Do you like stories about how videos get made? Here's one you might like:

Jon Danovic, a friend of ours who had previously worked with us to shoot a Pledge video for Evermotion in a room full of rented barn animals, sent us an email when he heard the song. The email looked like this:

Seriously tho, i was going thru a car wash the other day and had time to find some new music and heard this, honestly one of the best songs I've heard in years man. This song is proof that are still ways to make things sound different. Inspired the living f*ck out of me:

I have put an asterisk in the spot where Jon had the letter "u" - extrapolate at your own risk so you can devise the appropriate level of Jon's inspiration. Anyway, Jon's email also included an attachment to a video that HE HAD ALREADY FILMED TO COMPLETION. And we loved it. He captured the feeling, the pace, the darkness and the hope within "Hard Times." So, in some ways a "fan video" just became our official video for "Hard Times." But as the Pledge video for Evermotion in a room full of rented barn animals shows, Jon has always been a pro.

[DogInATaco]

Still such an underrated fucking song.
This video should have hundreds of millions of views.

[Cosmicangel]

I can’t stop listening to this song for so many reasons. It’s so on point and makes me cry. I have so much hope for our world, just gosh darn, isn’t it messed up right now? Thanks for helping me find a way to feel through it all. I’ve loved your band since I was 15 and saw you perform at a USY event. Your music is always good. So different. The harmonies are so incredible and then when the tambourine comes in? Sick. So much love for you all.

[JohnBainbridge]

If this isn't the anthem of the decade, I don't know what is.

[catpetter]

Since Roe got overturned I've been listening to this on repeat. Purist fictions indeed.
S/o to all my sisters we will get through the hard times

[vaporvoid]

0:55 simply haaaaving a wonderful christmas time

[boudicaastorm]

This is my new favorite song, I randomly found it on Spotify when I had another album pulled up - I'd fallen asleep at some point and when I woke up, this song was playing, and it was really amazing, it was exactly the kind of song I felt like I needed at that moment. It is kind of a simple video in that it's not like, explosions and raves and all kinds of crazy shit, and I think it's great. Definitely better than a lot of the videos I've seen lately. It makes me think of how sometimes when you're going through your daily life as normal, all of a sudden at the most random moments, the weight of the world can just like, come crashing down on you, and suddenly every little detail around you becomes this really big deal and you notice everything. Idk, maybe that's not something that happens to very many people, but it happens to me anyway. Nicely done.

[RyflyRN]

The story of this music video wins all stories.

I've been listening to you guys almost my entire life. You're still brilliant.

[enyarevoy]

Here cause I love drew, stayed cause it’s fire

[blinkybloo]

i really liked this song and dont go aswell, this song because i started a new tough job so its my sing-along song on the drive after the days work, also my sister traveled away for work a couple weeks back so thats just more wood for the emotional fire. i really enjoy the harmonies and mix of happy, sad and melancholic melodies.

i love your music Guster!t resonates with me and my life both lyrically and melodically, thanks a lot for following your dreams, because of that, fantastic music like this exists. i'm Lebanese and live in Lebanon so i doubt ill see you guys live anytime soon (maybe one day!) if you could reply to this message that'll be the closest thing we will to a direct interaction with each other, ( other than your indirect music that directly touches my soul) stay great and keep making the music world awesome guys! cheers from your biggest fan in Lebanon (please visit) good luck!

[steveburr]

How many times did you have to go though the car wash to finish the vid?

[kablooey]

Such an underrated band :, ) keep the good music coming guys

[Top-Bird]

need to listen to this in a car wash next time

[claytonlevibrown]

great song, sounds completely relevant for the times, . you guys were must've been way ahead of the world now that everything sounds like this on the radio these days.

[connierc]

loved seeing you on GREATER BOSTON TV show with Jim Bauder. First time I've heard of you, though I live in Boston.Better late than never, eh? :-D PEACE ....

[ListenToMolly]

The thumbnail almost looked like Hayley Williams and with the title "Hard Times" I thought it was some sort of Paramore homage. But then the Guster song and car wash totally threw me off. Either way, sounds fantastic guys!!!

[tomliszka]

#CarWash in the video tagging. Underrated tag right there!

[danyntendo]

I love Guster's art form plus Satellite life long first song heard fan all his songs are like top ones out there tops competing vs other artist they talented real art thank you Guster really your music is so spiritual and mellow

[leonerdotheth]

rad stuff y'all!....been a fan since back in the day, still have my pillow case with Adams face on it from a "Keep It Together" tour show. much love

[lovehate]

Fuck yes! I never clicked on a notifications so fast.