Robert Taira Wilson has officially premiered his new video for the track titled ‘Blackbird’ on Jammerzine. If you read our review of the original track from June, you will get a perspective of our take from the music. The video offers a visual construct of what we said. Introverted. Introspective. Reflective. All of that and more with brilliant sketch style animations with geometric shapes representing bondage and cages that fade through the looking glass showing a better world and an alternative that could be. This is magic.
Check out our other features with Robert Taira Wilson HERE.
About Robert Taira Wilson
Robert Taira Wilson is an English singer-songwriter whose music mixes folk with modern alternative songwriting. He is currently based in Tokyo and, in recent years, has released both solo and collaborative records.
About ‘Blackbird’
Due to the pandemic, I’ve taken the time away from performing to write a body of new material. For every time you may have felt disowned or dislocated, removed or redundant. This song delves deep into that moment and cries out for escape and healing. A departure from my usual sound, the song features an arpeggiated electric guitar in place of the accustomed acoustic. Written and recorded entirely from my home studio “Blackbird” will be my first release since 2019’s ‘Shine Shine Child’ EP.
LINKS:
https://www.roberttairawilson.co.uk
https://www.youtube.com/user/ROBERTTAIRAWILSON
https://www.instagram.com/roberttairawilson
https://www.facebook.com/roberttairawilson.music
https://www.twitch.com/roberttairawilson
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Fly Felix – Beautiful Animal
Fly Felix has officially premiered his new video for the track titled ‘Beautiful Animal’. I have to start by saying that I love the Tarot Card motif as an identity factor within each Fly Felix video. It’s an obvious continuation and lesson stamp giving an identity to each track.
For the song, the originality is present throughout with an original catchy hook and those vintage style recorded instruments, especially the acoustic guitar and the muted bass. But, the surprise is in the chorus! That subtle yet catchy drive behind the chorus makes this song signature.
The animation enhances the song in a way that gives it a cinematic animated look fit for a theater.
This, to me, is what Fly Felix is defined with. He has found his sound and that sound is original.
“Every Fly Felix song is represented by a unique tarot card, each offering a related lesson. Beautiful Animal’s animated story will take viewers into this tarot inspired universe, following the narrative of a woman and lion. These two figures are emblematic of the “Strength” card, which encompasses themes of Compassion, Bravery, Fearlessness, and Self-Acceptance.
The music video will launch a fundraiser in support of the National Forest Foundation, and the Northern Arizona Forest Fund. Support helps bring awareness to the health of our forests, watersheds, wildlife restoration, and preservation of crucial habitats.”
Fly FelixABOUT FLY FELIX
The indie-rock recording project of singer/songwriter, and producer Drew Tyler. Fueled by cosmic energy and driven by mysticism, Fly Felix sound waves soar across the Mojave desert and land in a vortex of alternative influence. To achieve an original sound, Tyler took a 4-month writing retreat at a secluded cabin in Sedona before moving to Los Angeles to record his first album. There, he partnered with keyboardist and composer Eric McDermott. The two self-released “The Sun Will Wake You Up” in early 2020, led by the debut single “Beautiful Animal.”
LINKS:
https://www.flyfelixmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/flyfelixmusic
https://www.instagram.com/flyfelixmusic
https://twitter.com/flyfelixmusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1OaPgGaNb6zHnZyByt3eQD?si=W56k5krSThq8kpHb_a1JSw
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Vast Asteroid – Spacegaze
Racked during a magical week at the legendary Rancho de la Luna studios in Joshua Tree, CA by producer/engineer Andy Freeman, and highlighted by the likes of Dave Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal) as a special guest, debut of the newborn outfit Vast Asteroid is able to instantly bring together the lovers of shoegaze, cosmic rock, britpop and heavier stuff like stoner and desert rock.
Hailing from Los Angeles, Vast Asteroid is a supergroup of sorts, composed of The Warlocks bassist Mimi Star, seminal UK punk-rock
band Slaughter And The Dogs drummer Mark Reback and singer and guitarist James Poulos.After previously playing together in various configurations, the members coalesced around a shared love of the immersive, propulsive and passionate music of shoegaze, space rock, desert
rock, art grunge, and britpop. They also gave a name to this unique blend they together give shape to: spacegaze.And they got it right, judging by the cosmic afflatus that permeates their rock-hard wall of fuzz. This record is a glance at the night sky from the desert, and its otherworldly yet hauntingly familiar epic instantly blows your mind and soothes your soul. The songs foundations lay on a tremendously mighty rhythm section, that shakes your speakers as if an asteroid had felt into your back yard; while brilliant guitar riffs and vocals capture the listener and won’t ever free him. The extra guitar madness by Dave Catching on “Spacegaze” is the icing on the cake.
Songcraft is particularly treated, and the band shows the ability to take away everything that is not needed, leading us straight to the very essence of things.
Born from a brief writing and rehearsal period in and around the Highland Park neighborhood of L.A., the band’s debut full-length album, is out now.
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https://www.facebook.com/vastasteroid
https://twitter.com/vastasteroid
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The Sewer Rats – Too Punk For You
Fusing pop punk, 1950’s aesthetic, and American coastal living, German band The Sewer Rats have released a music video for their new single “Too Punk For You.” “Too Punk For You” comes from the band’s stylish, 1950’s soaked new album Heartbreaks and Milkshakes and follows up the single/video “I Don’t Like You (When Your Girl’s Around).” The trio walks a line between Stray Cats-cool, early 90s Social D, and old-school pop-punk. They describe themselves as “Mike Ness and Brian Setzer hanging out with Hank Williams, listening to the Ramones while skateboarding and drinkin’ beers on a hot summer night,” a description that doesn’t disappoint. Delivering slicked-back juvenile sing-a-longs about lost love and moving back in with your parents (again), The Sewer Rats are ready to skate their way into your heart.
“This is our second time working with Michael, he also did our ‘I Don’t Like You (When Your Girl’s Around)’ video,” says vocalist/guitarist Chris Gin. “He is such a passionate and cool guy and working together just felt really good and natural because he totally knew what we wanted. He knows where we’re coming from and has the same type of 90’s skateboard/punk rock background so the result just completely blew our minds. We had so much fun doing this video since getting into a band fight in a pool has always been on our wishlist. Also, the guy in the video is his dad and his name is Horsti. They both went to Florida to shoot and Horsti even got his first ink in the video. Horsti is so rad. We’re stoked on Horsti!”
“Too Punk For You” and the new album Heartbreaks and Milkshakes are available now on Rookie Records via Spotify and iTunes.
“Not only visually, the disc is brimming with optimism and colorfulness”
-OX Fanzine“Take a big cup full of punk rock and add some rocking rockabilly to it, garnishing with lyrics about love, road trips, skateboarding and other American Dream themes.”
-Handwritten Mag