SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: JIMRAT – “HOME”

JIMRAT – “HOME”

A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE

“‘Home’ is one of those songs you either love or hate,” lead singer Sam Dvorin of Avant-Shoegaze band Jimrat says about their new single and music video. “There are times where it is my favorite part of the jimrat set, and there are times where I can’t stand to play it. It is one of those songs where when you don’t play it at a gig, there is always one person who asks about it. It is one of those songs that when it comes up in rehearsal there is a collective groan. But we love it just the same.”

This song bangs, with an epic tempo change between the verse and chorus. “Home” lyrically and visually grapples with a paradox: Sam explains, “The verse is all about wanting someone to want you, to need you, to be needed even when you leave, the desire to be important to someone else… Then, the chorus is about sort of the opposite– about being wary of needing someone, not wanting someone to be too important to you. The two sides come together for the cruel joke: we want to be important to others, but we are afraid of letting go and letting others be important to us.”

Jimrat is Josie Arthur (rhythm guitar), E. Benavides (bass), Emma DeLaRosa (lead guitar and synth), Tim Ro (drums), and Sam Dvorin (lead vox/everyone also sings too, though). Having met through the Boston DIY scene around 2020, schoolmates turned into roommates turned into bandmates turned into Jimrat.

ARTIST QUOTE

“‘Home’ is a patchwork of two to three songs I have written over the years and one of my favorites off our upcoming album. Lyrically it deals with the paradox of wanting to have someone be there for you, while also being scared to be there for someone. Half of these lines I wrote about four years ago, half I wrote this year. ‘When I come home will you stay with me.’ The lyrics are selfish, brash, and dumb, climaxing in the final chorus: ‘I can’t let you know that I love you so much.’ I really like stupid lines like that.” ~Sam Dvorin, lead singer

Jimrat
Instant
(Independent)
Release Date: April 11, 2025

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