Video Premiere: Night Battles – ‘Hungry Ghost’

On their debut LP, Year Of No Days, out May 7 through Snappy Little Numbers, North Carolinian outfit Night Battles bring a powerful yet nuanced sound that is deeply rooted in post-punk but also leans heavily into the realms of noise rock, doom, surf, new wave, and garage rock. New Noise are proud to premiere the video for the band’s latest single, “Hungry Ghost” below: “Hungry Ghost” is based on the Buddhist concept of the ‘hungry ghost’ as a soul reborn from evil deeds. According to the tradition, evil deeds that lead to becoming a hungry ghost are killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct. Desire, greed, anger, and ignorance are all factors in causing a soul to be reborn as a hungry ghost because they are motives for people to perform evil deeds. Hungry ghosts are unable to take in or ass...

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