Gamblers – Do I? (Official Video)

The second single from Gamblers’ upcoming debut full length album “Small World” out 9/25.

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Directed and edited by Tyler Walker. Shot by Tyler Walker and Fidel Ruiz-Healy in Brooklyn, NY.

Lyrics:

You must be having such a lovely time
It couldn’t compare to mine
The Island love is beaming off the screen
He looks as happy as I’d be

Oh yeah, do I?
Oh yeah, do I?

My shiny ruby-red car drives across your streets
You’re safe inside one of these houses sleeping
I creep back west, onto the southern state
And chief back place, to where nothing awaits me

Oh yeah

What do I do?
Ignore you
Pretend nothing is shaking me

Who cries out to someone new
Without fearing the obvious?

“Hailing from the south-shore Long Island town of Massapequa, Gamblers have always been aware of the ever-looming influence of New York City, but they may as well be coming from another world. The band’s upcoming debut album Small World (out 9/25 via Symphonic) showcases the unique perspective one develops when viewing things as both an insider and an outsider. After cutting his teeth touring with DIY alt-rock bands in high school, bandleader/producer Michael McManus spent practically every waking minute that he wasn’t in class holed up in his Hunter College dorm room crafting the unique hip hop production style that paved the way for collaborations with Meek Mill and Heems, as well as musical contributions to Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown and Viceland’s Gaycation. With Gamblers, McManus marries the beatmaking sensibility of hip hop to the songcraft and jamming-in-a-room spirit of an indie rock band. Even in its brightest moments, Small World is replete with references to addiction, mental illness, corruption and violence, with cutting insights always lurking in the shadows between McManus’ seemingly innocuous wordplay. With one ear to the pulse of Long Island’s trash-strewn cultural landscape and the other focused on the human condition itself, McManus tucks his layers of meaning into lyrics that on first glance appear rather straightforward. The band’s sunny hooks may evoke The Beach Boys, but much darker things tend to wash up on the south shore, much as they do on the shores of our own conscience.”