L.S. Dunes — the post-hardcore band featuring vocalist Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Saosin, The Sound of Animals Fighting), guitarists Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) and Travis Stever (Coheed & Cambria), and Thursday’s rhythm section (Tim Payne and Tucker Rule) — are preparing to release a video for their most recent single “Old Wounds,” and they shared a 10-second teaser from it, featuring visuals from AI artist IAMMETHISISI. People were quick to catch onto the AI-generated nature of the clip, and many commented criticizing the band for using generated visuals instead of an artists’ original work. L.S. Dunes have now shared a statement in response to the criticisms. It reads:
Upon posting a 10 second clip of our upcoming video for OLD WOUNDS made by generative art creator, @IAMMETHISISI, we noticed there was some chatter on social media and that it might be a good idea for us to clear some things up.
L.S. Dunes and its collective members have been longtime supporters and advocates of artists of all kinds. Over the years we have commissioned art pieces from well-known professional artists, unknown semi-professional artists, and fans of the band just starting out and creating things for fun. We have searched out these talented artists that inspire us from all walks of life and worked with them in a multitude of different ways showcasing their work on as large a platform as we could provide. When we saw the images created by @IAMMETHISISI we knew immediately this was the artist we wanted to work with to make the visual accompaniment for our latest original song, OLD WOUNDS.
OLD WOUNDS, at its core, is a song about intent, and what role it plays in the perception of good and evil. The conversation surrounding generative art draws a parallel to that in many ways. It’s clear that our vision for this particular video has sparked a dialogue of opposing views and got people thinking, and talking, and feeling without even seeing the entire video. Isn’t that what art should do?
We feel the video created by @IAMMETHISISI encompasses that perfectly, and based on the initial comments from just a 10 second clip, it seems to have hit this concept directly on the head.
Love it or hate it the choice is yours, as it should be. We know we aren’t going to please everyone all the time.
Kindness and continued thoughtful creation are all that we can promise.
xo L.S.Dunes
The video is currently set to be released this Friday, September 29 at noon ET. Stay tuned.
