BABY SNAKES & THE ELECTRIC CO. Share Live Video For "Dark Horse"

BABY SNAKES & THE ELECTRIC CO., the indie/alternative project led by producer and Modern Electric Sound Recorders founder Jeff Saenz, has released a live studio video for its debut single, 'Dark Horse.' The performance was filmed in the same Modern Electric Sound Recorders studio room where the song was written and recorded, and where Saenz built his production career. The track appears on the band's upcoming debut album, OUROBOROS, set for release October 23 via Spaceflight Records.

'Recorded and filmed in the same room 'Dark Horse' was born, it's a snapshot — a glimpse into what this band actually is,' says Jeff Saenz about the video. 'As a band, we'd only played three shows together at that point, and only one of those with the full lineup. When we recorded these songs, we tracked them mostly live, and I wanted to show the world that energy and the connection we have created. Who knows what this could be like once we're 100+ shows deep.'

Last weekend, Jeff Saenz and his longtime collaborators The Texas Gentlemen came together as Baby Snakes & The Electric Co. for a special charity show in their hometown of Dallas, TX. In the past three years of the annual High Voltage, Good Vibes show, Saenz has raised and donated almost $30,000 to Camp I-Thonka-Chi, a Parkland Foundation-associated summer camp supporting children burn victims in Dallas, TX. Garnering support from sponsors and kind members of the local music community, he aims to provide the funds necessary for wheelchair-accessible playground equipment, outdoor activities, and unforgettable childhood experiences. This year, proceeds are expected to total $10k as they did for the past two years. The fundraiser is still accepting donations for 2026.

'The idea of this concert was that, instead of sulking in PTSD on the anniversary of this great tragedy, I would be on stage with my best friends playing rock 'n' roll and partying with the people I love,' said Saenz in reference to June 1, 2021, the day he suffered a near-fatal burn accident that led to the amputation of both his hands. The benefit concert, originally supposed to be a night of great covers of rock classics, eventually transformed into a beloved and meaningful tradition in the community.

He added, 'I thought about what would've mattered to me and who I would've wanted to help when I was at PARKLAND Hospital for those 10 weeks in the summer of 2021. I quickly thought about the children I could hear through the halls of the Burn ICU I was in. It was still COVID times, which made visiting hours very restrictive, and I knew that most, if not all, of these kids were scared and alone through long nights filled with discomfort and uncertainty. With a little research, I found that the PARKLAND Foundation actually had a camp for children burn survivors one week each summer, coincidentally the same week as the anniversary of my accident. It was obvious that I needed to dedicate this event to those kids.'

High Voltage, Good Vibes began as a pure act of reclamation for Saenz — proof he could still be an energetic, captivating, and strong front man of his own band. And on the evening of July 24, he was able to put on 'a raucous good time, and even more so, a reminder to be grateful, humble and above all else, to listen to some damn good rock music.' Even better, he was able to break the tradition of only performing covers by spotlighting the original song that began this new, brilliant chapter of his life: 'Dark Horse.'

'Dark Horse', a 'stirring first statement' premiered on Atwood Magazine last month, was originally written as a last-minute melody hummed into his phone from the shower before the session that day. What was once an off-the-cuff thought transformed into an uplifting rock anthem about endurance, hope, and resilience. Written and recorded in just two days, it adheres as much as possible to the live-in-studio ethos, only adding a dash of tambourine and some harmonies to round it out, giving that classic rock 'n' roll sound an arena rock energy.

Ouroboros pays homage to 2025, one of the most challenging years for Saenz, as well as the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese Zodiac. Born under the same sign in 1977, the artist found himself once again shedding his skin, growing through pain, and confronting both comforting and frightening memories before finally moving forward. The new album presents 12 new songs: each representing one month of the calendar year, chronologically guiding the listener through emotional storms and dedications of love for his wife and children, all before guiding them to the warm light of clarity, the trials of mental health, and finally to inner peace.

He wrote each song spontaneously, reigniting a fiery passion for songwriting by penning lyrics and the songs that hold them in little more than a single day, piecing them together the very next, one song a month for one whole year. Making this record was one of the largest commitments of Saenz's life: he aimed to prove to himself that he could still make music after suffering a near-fatal accident on June 1, 2021 that led to the amputation of both his hands. Not willing to surrender to any sort of post traumatic default, he constantly strives to keep as much of his pre-accident self intact: to brush his own teeth, fold his own laundry, drive his kids to school and make their lunch, even wear the leather belts, jeans, and boots he always wore. He may call it stubbornness, but it translates as strength.

Baby Snakes & The Electric Co. turn belief into something loud, lived-in, and lasting: Rock 'n' roll as an act of will, and a reminder that even after everything changes, your story isn't finished. Ouroboros is out October 23 via Spaceflight Records.

Ouroboros (LP) Tracklisting

01. Tornado Alley

02. Dark Horse

03. Heart & Spade

04. Kintsugi

05. Anytime it Rains

06. Bedroom Floor

07. Diamonds on the Chorus

08. Lola James

09. Heart Like a Crown

10. Hold Fast

11. Valleys

12. Ouroboros

About Baby Snakes & The Electric Co.

Baby Snakes & The Electric Co. is rock 'n' roll as an act of will. It's the sound of refusing to be reduced – by circumstance, by expectation, by the shape your life takes after everything changes – and reaching instead for music that's raw, honest, and undeniably alive. At the center of it all is Jeff Saenz, a Dallas musician, producer, studio owner, community-builder, husband, and father long known to friends as 'Baby Snakes.' With Ouroboros, his debut album under the Baby Snakes & The Electric Co. name, Saenz brings his own story to the foreground after years spent helping others tell theirs – turning love, family, fracture, repair, and forward motion into a vehicle for resilience.

From coming up in punk bands to apprenticing under producer Dave Cobb, Saenz has already lived several musical lives. In Dallas, he built Modern Electric Sound Recorders into far more than a studio: A home base, meeting ground, and creative engine for a North Texas scene that included artists like Leon Bridges, Paul Cauthen, Quaker City Night Hawks, and the Texas Gentlemen. 'I've always loved being a conduit,' Saenz says. For years, he poured that energy into other artists; with Ouroboros, he brings it home.

The roots of that story reach back to June 1, 2021, when Saenz walked into his own yard and was struck by nearly 8,000 volts of electricity. By all accounts, he was not supposed to survive. In the aftermath, he lost his left hand and right arm, endured a long recovery, and found himself facing a question no lifelong musician ever wants to ask: What happens when the life you built through your hands has to find another way forward?

Written and recorded one song at a time over the course of a year, Ouroboros is Saenz's answer: A raw, anthemic, deeply honest alternative rock record that refuses to stop at survival. 'It's the overarching theme of finding the strength within yourself to celebrate what you love about yourself,' Saenz says, 'and to just keep going forward and not let anything stop you from being the exact you that you want to be.'

With Ouroboros, Baby Snakes & The Electric Co. turn that belief into something loud, lived-in, and lasting – rock 'n' roll as an act of will, and a reminder that even after everything changes, your story isn't finished.

Saenz said the video, filmed early in the band's history after only a handful of live shows, was meant to capture the group's raw chemistry. 'When we recorded these songs, we tracked them mostly live, and I wanted to show the world that energy and the connection we have created,' he said. 'Who knows what this could be like once we're 100+ shows deep.'

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