Returning to Bali, where Ladder filmed ‘White Flag‘ the first video from the album, ‘Feel Brand New‘ has a markedly different tone. Where Ladder was once attempting to escape being tied up on a beach blackened in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption, he is now languid and totally at ease in an ocean lagoon, surrounded by similarly carefree people apparently shooting wedding videos…
“Maybe the point”, Ladder says, “is that I?m trying to identify the public private moment”. Filmed on a handicam picked up at the airport in an effort to avoid using a smartphone to capture personal moments, he feels that in the end it’s simply him “just singing my song to my lover in front of hundreds of strangers also doing their own performances for the camera.”
Watch the official video for ‘Feel Brand New’ below.
Jack Ladder – Blue Poles is out now via Barely Dressed Records / Rhythmethod.
Praise for Blue Poles
“The album is a deeply inventive grab bag of genres, lurching from bluesy sleaze to a kind of giddy, gothic disco. As ever, Ladder’s lyricism wanders from the romantic to the flat-out absurd.” – The Australian (4 stars)
“Perhaps it’s time Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders started getting the recognition they deserve, and Rogers in particular as one of the best modern Australian songwriters, singers and music makers going around.” – Xpress Mag (8.5/10)
“Singularly dark Australian singer-songwriter hits career high.” – Q Magazine (4 stars)
“…weaves together tragedy and comedy taking dark musings and melancholic melodies into a career high.” – The Skinny (UK – 4 stars)
“Glorious neon-and-noir pop built around his rich croon.” – The Music (4 stars)
“Jack Ladder’s got an attitude and a swagger (not to mention a great voice) that’s all his own.” – Brooklyn Vegan
