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Radiohead
"If You Say The Word" |
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4 mins 20s
24 Sep 2021 |
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This Radiohead promo reminds DAVID of a Nature Valley commercial from 2009, wherein a farmer must gather townies and take them back to the city. Suffice to say that the Radiohead version is far more melancholy. Two men search nearby woods and fields for anyone in office wear; some are easy prey, but others require cunning to take down.
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Priya Ragu
"Lockdown" |
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2 mins 52s
22 Sep 2021 |
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Tamil-Swiss singer-songwriter Priya Ragu tackles lockdown in stylish fashion in this latest promo. Rather than literally depict the purgatory of screens, silence, and the same four walls many have been suffering through over the course of the pandemic, the artist and director Dumas Haddad take a metaphorical approach - focusing on two dancers who mirror each other's movements despite the barriers between them.
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Dave
"Verdansk" |
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5 mins 19s
21 Sep 2021 |
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UK rapper Dave (aka David Orobosa Omoregie) brings a passion for video games to a whole new level in latest track 'Verdansk'. Named after a battle map in Activision's Call of Duty: Warzone, the artist raps about girls and luxury cars but seems mainly focused on logging online hours with his mates. "Man try beef with my dargy/ Warzone ting how I come third party."
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Mac Miller
"Colours and Shapes" |
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4 mins 21s
20 Sep 2021 |
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Late rapper Mac Miller's dog goes on a surreal journey during this poignant film. Commissioned by the artist's family following his untimely death at the age of 26, the video ruminates on the conscious and unconscious mind as the central pup takes a trip into dreamland - rivers of bed sheets, oceans of liquid music, and all.
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BadBadNotGood
"Beside April" |
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5 mins 13s
16 Sep 2021 |
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This surreal promo for BadBadNotGood's 'Beside April' has a feverish quality to it. Shot in Georgia and focusing on a horse, the film draws viewers into a strangely heightened world which is constantly in motion - close ups of characters flitting past with an unexplained significance which only enthrals the audience further.
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Hak Baker
"Cool Kids" |
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3 mins 28s
15 Sep 2021 |
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The grinding reality of life for many inner city youths takes centre stage in this enthralling promo for Hak Baker's 'Cool Kids'. Director Will Robson-Scott keeps things tightly focused on the central character, camera fixed on the young man's face as he grows up into a world of drug dealing, parental alienation, and bad ideas forced into being by circumstance.
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Leo Bhanji
"Sea Demon" |
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3 mins 18s
13 Sep 2021 |
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London-based artist Leo Bhanji offers an intriguingly rural take on mumble rap in this enthralling video. With a sound influenced by underground SoundCloud rappers, electronic R&B, and ASMR videos in equal measure, 'Sea Demon' is more about the vibe than the lyrics - snatched comments about being "too young and wild" for love slipping beneath the digital flow.
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Iron Maiden
"Stratego" |
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5 mins 12s
10 Sep 2021 |
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Iron Maiden continue to explore epic battlescapes in this promo for latest track 'Stratego', this time with Gustaf Holtenäs at the helm. In contrast to the apocalyptic future depicted in 'Writing on the Wall', this time viewers are transported back to a delicately animated version of ancient Japan, where two warring clans threaten to tear each other - and the very fabric of reality - apart.
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Django Django
"Under Fire" |
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3 mins 55s
10 Sep 2021 |
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Django Django's 'Under Fire' receives a nocturnal promo courtesy of director Drew Tyndell. We find frontman Vincent Neff behind the wheel of a classic BMW, cruising the streets of London with an inscrutable look on his face. One half expects Ryan Gosling's character from 'Drive' to catch up at the traffic lights.
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Sigrid
"Burning Bridges" |
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2 mins 52s
9 Sep 2021 |
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Scandi-pop artist Sigrid returns with a typically Scandi pop star Sigrid returns with a typically bittersweet outing in the form of latest track 'Burning Bridges'. The club-ready single features a dancey, synth-heavy beat, which sits in compelling contrast to lyrics about the end of a decaying relationship: "I could tell you the truth but you'd call me a liar/Tried to wave a white flag but you set it on fire".
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Little Simz
"Point & Kill" |
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4 mins 57s
8 Sep 2021 |
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Even die-hard Little Simz fans may be surprised by her new single, 'Point and Kill'. An intoxicating blend of north London hip hop and Afrobeat, the track enthrals with its funky backbone and freewheeling lyrics ("Reality will hit you 'cause not everywhere is pretty/But for now bring the Naira, come gimme").
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Claptone
"Just a Ghost" |
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3 mins 54s
7 Sep 2021 |
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What do you get the man who has everything during a pandemic? A golden plague doctor mask, of course. It's also the trademark of German electronic duo Claptone, and features throughout this artsy promo for new track 'Just a Ghost'. Those who toiled over a Bob Ross painting in lockdown will sympathise with the tortued protagonist.
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Bastille
"Thelma and Louise" |
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2 mins 18s
6 Sep 2021 |
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This experimental promo for Bastille picks up directly after June's 'Distorted Light Beam'. 'Thelma and Louise' accompanies the band's frontman and a mysterious engineer into a digital vortex where the laws of physics no longer apply, and wherein buildings and people alike are comprised entirely of tiny data cubes.
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Griff
"One Night" |
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2 mins 54s
6 Sep 2021 |
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There's a hint of Peter Pan to this intriguing promo for Griff's 'One Night'. The film sees the singer-songwriter pursue her shadow through bustling city streets and attempt to engage it in a dance-off, all while the thing takes on a mischievous life of its own. Directors AB/CD/CD pace the action nicely here, as each of the fashion-focused artist's looks are given a turn in the spotlight.
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BadBadNotGood
"Signal From The Noise" |
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9 mins 09s
3 Sep 2021 |
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People Just Do Nothing actor Steve Stamp stars in this beguiling promo for Canadian jazz group BadBadNotGood. Protected from interference by headphones duct-taped to his bonce, Stamp performs street art outside Brent Civic Centre. Unfortunately, a moustachioed security guard has other ideas.
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Lucy Blue
"Taxi Driver" |
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3 mins 05s
1 Sep 2021 |
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This sinister promo for Lucy Blue's 'Taxi Driver' should appeal to those invested in the true crime media boom. Blue stars as a serial killer in the moody piece, stalking the streets for prey while partially living in the surreal world of her own disturbed mind. Director Thomas James's film oozes menace and intrigue in equal measure.
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Audiobooks
"LaLaLa It's The Good Life" |
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2 mins 23s
3 Sep 2021 |
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When Madonna sang "we are living in a material world" back in 1984, we're fairly sure this promo for Audiobooks wasn't what she had in mind. The cloth-based film for David Wrench and Evangeline Ling's 'LaLaLa It's the Good Life' takes an impressive DIY approach, rendering the artists as pictures printed on always-wriggling material.
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Alesso
"Chasing Stars" |
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3 mins 05s
2 Sep 2021 |
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This three-pronged collaboration between DJs Alesso, Marshmello, and singer James Bay surprised us with the lyric, "We were chasing stars/Across the county lines". At first it sounds like a rose-tinted view of drug trafficking, but we doubt that thought crossed the songwriter's mind at all. At least we hope it didn't.
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Willow Kayne
"I Don't Wanna Know" |
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2 mins 30s
31 Aug 2021 |
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Retro-obsessed rapper Willow Kayne goes back to the 90s in this colourful promo for 'I Don't Wanna Know'. The artist awakens in a primary-coloured explosion of a bedroom to dive into such familiar vintage pursuits as physically entering the information superhighway, having a bedroom rave, and bullying nerds on the internet.
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Rymdreglage
"8-bit Trip 2" |
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3 mins 33s
31 Aug 2021 |
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Nine years after releasing their iconic stop-motion music promo for '8-bit Trip', Swedish electronica duo Rymdreglage have delved back into brickfilm for another go around. The appropriately-named '8-bit Trip 2' sees the pair pay tribute to such digital classics as Tetris and Sonic the Hedgehog - all rendered in exquisitely handmade fashion.
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Lola Young
"After Morning" |
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10 mins 16s
31 Aug 2021 |
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This three-part Lola Young promo feels like a relationship drama crossed with an episode of 24. Director Dumas Haddad’s film takes place between 2 A.M. and sunrise, scored by EP tracks 'Blue', 'Bad Game', and 'Pill or a Lullaby'. Noirish visuals and Young's soulful performance prove a compelling match over ten minutes.
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Nao
"Wait" |
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3 mins 14s
26 Aug 2021 |
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An enthralling promo for Nao's latest single 'Wait' takes the body as canvas to a whole new level. The East London singer-songwriter emerges from the dark background like a modern Venus, surrounded by flowers in an oasis of colour which contains all the nature in this mysterious void. It's life, but not as we know it.
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Geese
"Low Era" |
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4 mins 24s
26 Aug 2021 |
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'Low Era', the second track from New York rock band Geese, is a persuasive blend of arch vocals, jangly guitars, and shoegaze spunk. Frontman Cameron Winter's lyrics have a misfit zing to them ("On the hour of my death, the page rips/All is lost and I am left to rot"), sung with both authority and playfulness in a deft juggling act.
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Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
"Go Get A Tattoo" |
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2 mins 41s
24 Aug 2021 |
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Former Gallows frontman Frank Turner puts in a suitably unhinged performance in this promo with latest band the Rattlesnakes. 'Go Get a Tattoo' references the singer's other career as a skin artist, and encourages listeners to "smash their sadness" and shake of the shackles of inertia by doing something reckless: "It's about time I tried something new/ To stick and poke out my commitment issues".
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The Bug
"Pressure (ft. Flowdan)" |
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3 mins 44s
23 Aug 2021 |
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Long time collaborators Kevin 'The Bug' Martin and grime star Flowdan come together once more for latest track 'Pressure'. The track's beat-heavy vibes are supplemented by foreboding electronic drones, and provide a dark, sticky base for Flowdan's patois-heavy and politically forthright lyrics. There's something of the tornado siren about it: a warning for dire times to come.
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