Gamblers - Another Dose (Official Video) ft. Mick Jenkins

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Another Dose (feat. Mick Jenkins) is the second single from Gamblers' 2022 EP "When We Exit."

Video directed and produced by Paul Motisi / Strangecat Studios on Long Island, New York.

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Lyrics:

Pick up the bones you’ve hurried along and buried
Don’t be alarmed the changes that come are shocking
Give Yourself Into Love

Love hard as I can, give you all I am
Love hard as I can, hmm, give you all I am, hey

I mean, what I gotta take a blood oath girl, all we gotta focus on is growth, girl
Got a little one, prepared to do the most
Lovesick and imma need another dose
It’s the only thing I wanted
After all this time, I was hoping you would give it your all this time
I believe it ain’t nowhere we couldn’t go
I mean, who gon’ tell us what we can’t do?
Girl, tell me somethin’ I ain’t ever know about, I could take you somewhere that you never knew
I just need all of you, I just need all of you, I just need all of you

All of the days you’ve numbered don’t add to many, what matters the most is fighting the urge to give up
Keep moving on and upwards and when you’re ready, give yourself into love

I mean, what I gotta take a blood oath girl, all we gotta focus on is growth, girl
Got a little one, prepared to do the most
Lovesick and imma need another dose
It’s the only thing I wanted
After all this time, I was hoping you would give it your all this time
I believe it ain’t nowhere we couldn’t go
I mean, who gon’ tell us what we can’t do?

Love hard as I can, give you all I am
Love hard as I can, hmm, give you all I am, hey

I just need all of you, I just need all of you
I just need all of you, I just need all of you
I just need all of you

Gamblers formally introduced itself with the release in 2020 of Small World, which was praised by outlets like PopMatters and Newsday and landed single airplay on Sirius XM, NPR Music, and WFUV. McManus’s kaleidoscopic pop sensibility is the through-line—from the beatific, soaring harmonies of “Give Yourself Into Love” to the wistful psychedelia of “Corinthian Order”—but the songs are also replete with references to mental illness, violence, and personal tragedy. “Tug of War” addresses the struggle of trying to balance being an artist with being a good person, while “Blood Sport” is a bubblegum pop song written from the perspective of a family dealing with a loved one in the throes of addiction.

The new EP, When We Exit, can be understood as a bridge between Small World and an in-progress second Gamblers LP, which is already in the mixing stage. The goal was to put a new spin on preexisting songs and essentially “A&R” the album from a hip hop standpoint.

Thus, the EP contains skeletal remnants of five songs from Small World, remixed and thoroughly reimagined in a studio in Ridgewood, Queens. Small World’s airy, lush title track, now called “Preach Your Love,” morphs into a ghostly electro-pop banger; “Bound 2 Be Together” is deconstructed with technicolor synths and pounding ’80s snares fit for a John Hughes soundtrack. The chorus of “Tug of War,” rendered chilly and sparse, now bookends a rap verse by the underground Brooklyn MC known as Skyzoo.

Most dramatically, “Give Yourself Into Love”—retitled “Another Dose”—is transformed into a house-inspired rave-up with a mesmerizing verse from Chicago-based rapper Mick Jenkins. “I was just digging what he was doing musically” says McManus. “He's really easy to work with and it just came together really, really well.”

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