TAPROOT: 'Release Me' Video Available

October 19, 2010

"Release Me", the new Eric Richter-directed video from the Ann Arbor, Michigan hard rock band TAPROOT, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's latest album, "Plead The Fifth", which sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 107 on The Billboard 200 chart.

"Plead The Fifth" was recorded on farm in Sullivan, Michigan with producer Tim Patalan (SPONGE, LOVEDRUG).

In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, TAPROOT bassist Phil Lipscomb stated about the "Release Me" track, "'Release Me' is a song about remorse for one's actions and wanting to undo that which cannot be undone, whether it's an action or some words spoken in anger. Once it's out there, you can't take it back no matter how much you might want to. My favorite line from the song that best expresses this sentiment comes in the bridge; 'I've let down what I care for most, it's hypocritical, and unforgivable.'"

Regarding what the most "fun" part of making the video was, Phil said, "Shooting a video generally isn't all that fun. It's not exactly backbreaking work but it's repetitive and time-consuming. The fun part is seeing how it all looks afterward. You have all these cameras filming and re-filming different shots and angles and you have no idea what it's really going to look like when it's all said and done. In addition, for convenience sake, the entire storyline was shot without the band being there, so it was really cool to see how the video treatment on paper turned into reality. I'm not just kissing our director's ass when I say 'Release Me' is my favorite video we've ever done. Eric did a fantastic job."

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