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The revolution is here! Ontario genre-agnostic duo Asthma Kids return with their explosive new single "Crumbs and Morsels (The Meek Are Getting Ready Pt IV)," out now alongside the dystopian, visually arresting video from director Lisa Battocchio. The track is the latest preview of their upcoming EP The Meek Are Getting Ready, out December 1 via Dammit Distribution (EU/UK) and 2 Bar Town Records (North America).
Recorded in just three hours at The Reverie Recording Studio (Cavan-Monahagn, ON), “Crumbs and Morsels (...Pt IV)” captures the band at their most urgent and unfiltered. The track was mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios in London – a full-circle moment that frontman Trevor Hutchinson calls “a bucket-list thing.”
Built on a raw, propulsive energy, the song is an unvarnished critique of wealth inequality, class division, and “the psychopathic imbalance of power” embedded in late-stage capitalism.
“The powers that be, the billionaires and their multi-millionaire minions, designed this whole thing,” says Hutchinson. “It’s in the uber-elite’s interest for us to fight each other, and they enjoy watching it. That type of grotesque wealth and all the human misery it creates can only be described as psychopathic. ‘Crumbs and Morsels’ is me trying to explore that… while reminding myself that the revolution will still encourage dancing.”
The accompanying music video marks Asthma Kids’ second collaboration with Battocchio, who previously directed their video for "Die On This Hill (...Pt II)," which is nearing 85K YouTube views. Bringing her background in international film – originally from Italy, trained in China, now based in Canada – Battocchio creates a vivid, cinematic world that heightens both the urgency of the song and its rallying cry for unity. Featuring performer Lorenza Tessaro and filmed on the streets of downtown Toronto, the video embraces a raw, punk aesthetic: run-and-gun shots, hand-built masks, and a small but fearless crew bringing its chaotic vision to life.
“I look at videos as getting my song to be the soundtrack of someone else’s movie,” Hutchinson explains. “But what she did was magical. Her sense of lighting and mood is unreal. I’m so lucky I got to work with her.”
Based in Lindsay, ON, and formed by Hutchinson (Big Eddy, Trailer Park 5, Pardon Beggars) and JP Gill, Asthma Kids operate entirely outside genre lines – or as they put it, they’re “genre-atheists.”
“We leave labels for soup cans,” Hutchinson jokes. “We want three chords and the truth. Punk, freak-country, confessional post-pop... whatever. I need more diversity, not less, in music and in the world.”
Their catalogue ranges from alien-themed alt-country to angry power-pop to punchy punk-leaning missives. Their comedy track "Alien Love" has close to 50K YouTube views, and they’ve twice been semi-finalists in the International Songwriting Competition – in both the Americana and Comedy categories.
"Crumbs and Morsels (...Pt IV)" shows Asthma Kids at full force, turning music into message, message into movement. It’s their ethos sharpened into one point: a manifesto meant to rally, provoke, and pull people into the revolution.
Asthma Kids will host a video release and pre-launch listening party for the new video and upcoming EP on November 22 at LOLA in Toronto. Get full details here.
"Crumbs and Morsels (...Pt IV)" is available now on digital streaming platforms worldwide. For more information, please visit asthmakidsband.com.
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