The Brooklyn punks return today with “Rerun,” the first single from their forthcoming sophomore LP The Farm, a record inspired by Orwell’s Animal Farm and the increasingly absurd reality of modern American life. Accompanied by a self-directed animated video that follows a delinquent dog through a hedonistic world of strip clubs, drugs, police chases, and general moral decay, the song arrives with plenty of laughs. According to Wright, however, there’s something darker lurking beneath the cartoon chaos.

“I mean it is so obvious that we are literally living in an Orwellian nightmare right now,” he tells RANGE. “The pigs are indeed running the show.”

Recorded in Leeds with producer Danny Blackburn of Adult DVD, The Farm finds TVOD sharpening both their songwriting and social commentary without sacrificing the humour, energy, and unpredictability that have made them one of New York’s most exciting underground exports. Ahead of today’s premiere, we caught up with Wright to discuss the new video, rejecting conformity, and why his friends remain a beacon of light in increasingly dark times.

Congrats on the new single and video. For the uninitiated, what are we seeing in “Rerun,” and what made it the right introduction to this next chapter of TVOD?

Why thank you! We are super stoked to drop this barn burner. I think this single is the perfect chaotic way to kick off this wild album. It was one of the last songs we wrote before going to record in Leeds, UK with Danny Blackburn at Nave Studios. We all agreed that this song does a good job capturing the unrestrained momentum and maturing direction of our new album The Farm.

At first glance, “Rerun” plays out like a hilarious animated fever dream, but it also feels connected to some of the same themes running through your new upcoming album, The Farm: power, hypocrisy, escapism, and self-destruction. What conversations were you hoping the video might spark beneath all the laughs?

Yea! I’m so glad that you see that too. There are a lot of sneaky jabs at authority in this animated music video. From all the hidden graffiti I drew, to how the police are portrayed (oink oink); I hope people don’t come away with just a laugh from the video. I hope it also opens up the conversation about how despicable and perverse the authorities are in the USA.

The title The Farm immediately brings Orwell to mind, which we realize is intentional. What are some observations about the world that pushed you toward those themes while writing this new album?

I read (Animal Farm) in school as a kid and could not help but draw so many comparisons to it and our lives in this country right now. The pigs are indeed running the show. Innocent lives are being lost and cast aside by a tyrannical authoritarian government that pretends to be for and by the people. It’s not like we are the first ones to notice this by any means, but I hope this album can serve as another rallying cry to wake us all up and resist the unnerving situation we find ourselves in.

“I don’t care who I am as long as I’m not a businessman.” Arguably one of the best lines ever. What does that line mean to you, and why did it feel important enough to sit at the centre of the song?

I feel like everyone wants you to conform. Go to school. Study some boring ass shit that will pay the bills. Get a well-paying job you hate. Make a happy family. Keep up with the Joneses. Pull the veil of conformity over your eyes and go to sleep, without a word of contempt. Lol and yea… fuck that! I think that there is so much more you can do with the one life you get on this planet. There are so many people doing the same shit because our society makes them feel like they have to. I think the lyrics are important because we all could use some reassurance that it is very okay and even great to be different.

Tyler, you directed and animated the video yourself. How was that? What drew you to animation as the medium for this song, and did it allow you to express ideas that would’ve been harder to communicate through a traditional performance video?

I actually went back to school these past couple years to learn about animation and receive a degree in digital art and design at Queensborough Community College (haha I know, I’m such a hypocrite). I wanted to further my creative education and learn some new skills. My professor in 2D animation, Jasper Lin, taught me how to use Adobe After Effects and I really fell in love with it.

I find animation to be such a cool medium because with entirely no budget you can create a whole world free from the confines of reality. I mean I made a dog hijack a car, go to a kitten strip club, sniff drugs, run from the police and drive off a cliff. How on earth would we have been able to afford or do that without animation? It took many, many hours to create it, but I valued and cherished every minute of it. I think it was well worth all the toil.

After spending so much time immersed in creating The Farm, reflecting on a lot of the frustrations, contradictions, and absurdities in this fucked up world we’re living in, what’s one thing giving you hope right now?

My friends and the amazing works of art that they are creating. I’m so lucky to be involved in the DIY New York music and art scene. I am truly blessed to be in such good company and am inspired daily by them. My friends will always be my beacon of light in these dark times. I would honestly be nothing without them.

TVOD’s The Farm drops Oct. 16, 2026 via Mothland and Get Better Records.