WATCH: Girl Band – “Pears For Lunch” Video
Girl Band has shared a new video for brand new track “Pears For Lunch” from Holding Hands With Jamie. Rounding out a trilogy of hilarious and unsettling videos by director Bob Gallagher, “Pears For Lunch” centers around a young television set as he gets a job, falls in love, and wrestles with the realities of his new life, all the while broadcasting his desires to the world. Girl Band appear as themselves in the clip. As the band erupts into an onslaught of distortion and singer Dara Kiely’s voice sputters maniacally our protagonist resorts to desperate measures.
“In a way the Pears video continues a theme from Paul, the idea of wearing one face that is at odds to how you actually feel.” Gallagher says in a director’s statement. “In this case it’s more about aspiration towards a paradigm of self improvement or fulfillment. There’s this idea that if you present an image of yourself that people buy into, you might actually become that person. There’s an honesty to the song that’s very stark, and it’s a refreshing when most of the time we’re just presenting the best possible versions of ourselves to everyone around us.
“I thought it would be funny to have a character who selectively expresses themselves through ads, and stock footage that are supposed to represent ideals, the perfect couple, body etc. Ads are so emotionally manipulative that I liked the idea that you could thread together all the phony emotions to give a character some personality. He’s kind of liar in that regard, but so are the rest of us a lot of the time.”
Holding Hands with Jamie, Girl Band’s debut album, comes a few years into their tenure; a few years after their first tour, nine days crammed into a Fiat Panda; a few years of stamping 7″ sleeves to sell at merch tables and mail-order; a few years of writing songs, touring and developing a live ferocity unmatched by nearly anyone.
Recorded in April 2015, two days after returning home from their first-ever US tour, the nine tracks making up Holding Hands with Jamie capture, more than any previous recordings, the tension and abrasive energy of a Girl Band performance.
Recalling any number of things but for only milliseconds at a time, Girl Band make a mockery of comparisons, because you can only get as far as “oh this bit sounds like–” before a guitar scuff-screams, the bass crunches like a car in a bailing press, or something else visceral and glorious comes from the speakers, and the thought’s erased.
Girl Band are:
Dara Kiely (vox)
Alan Duggan (guitar)
Daniel Fox (bass)
Adam Faulkner (drums)
Girl Band – “Paul” Music Video: https://youtu.be/D4SmyqO5DUU
Girl Band – Holding Hands with Jamie
(Sep 25, 2015 – Rough Trade)
Tracklist:
1. Umbongo
2. Pears for Lunch
3. Baloo
4. In Plastic
5. Paul
6. The Last Riddler
7. Texting an Alien
8. Fucking Butter
9. The Witch Doctor
Links:
Girl Band / Official Website
Girl Band / Twitter
Girl Band / Facebook
Girl Band / YouTube
Girl Band / Rough Trade
