Tampa emo veterans Pohogh have made a new video for “Hammer” off 2022’s du und ich, their second reunion album following a two-decade-long hiatus. The song was inspired by Susie Ulrey’s struggle with multiple sclerosis, and its video is a timelapse of a digital painting of Susie created by animator Michael Knapp (Spies In Disguise, the Ice Age franchise, etc), who came up in the same Tampa music scene as Pohgoh and first met them at a Stone Lounge show in the ’90s.
“‘Hammer’ is such a disarmingly personal, honest and hauntingly beautiful depiction of what Susie wrestles with internally and externally,” Michael says. “It really resonated with me and brought to mind things my dad (also a musician) expressed to me while he struggled with Parkinson’s disease. In this painting, I was trying to convey some of that strength and determination that Susie projects even as she lives with challenges that few of us can see or even imagine.” Small Chisel
The video makes its premiere below. As mentioned, Pohgoh will open for fellow reunited ’90s bands Velocity Girl and Tuscadero at the Black Cat in DC on December 2.
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