Norwich, UK neo-psych/krautrock/indie five-piece Floral Image have revealed their new single “The Score” and its accompanying music video.
The track features on their upcoming debut album ‘Gone Down Meadowland‘, due to be released on April 25 through Fuzz Club. Pre-order your copy here.
Speaking about it, vocalist and guitarist Fergus Nolan explains:
“The Score appeared scarily fully formed in a dream whilst barely sleeping in the Birmingham Central Travelodge after a gig we played there. Instantly upon waking at 7am I scuttled past the bodies on the floor to flesh it out as a song in the front seat of our tour van on the 12-string guitar. God bless the subconscious…this time.”
The video was directed by the band’s own Phil Whitton & M.Forsyth, who says: “The Score’ is a song that seems to flow and drift along like a river. It seemed to gently request that we take this particular visual journey through a more natural environment and away from the digital nightmare of ‘Burning 305’. This animated video draws more from an analogue pool of inspiration. It is a love letter to more humble mediums, in which the hand of the maker can be seen in each cell of animation. It is homage to animation from Ghibli to more obscure Eastern European shorts.”
Folral Image have also announced a UK/EU album tour kicking off in April, including a stop at the Fuzz Club Festival in Eindhoven on May 9/10th. See the dates below.
Watch the Phil Whitton-directed video now.
Floral Image Upcoming Tour Dates
- 10/04 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @museesclermontmetropole
- 11/04 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @godsaveclermont
- 12.04 – Bordeaux, FR @lamaisonallezlesfilles33
- 03/05 – Angers, FR @jokerspubangers49
- 04/05 – Nantes, FR @l.ubik
- 06/05 – Ingolstadt, DE @neue_welt_ingolstadt
- 07/05 – Kusel, DE @kulturzentrum_kinett
- 08/05 – Troyes, FR @themessagetroyes
- 09/05 – Haarlem, NL @patronaathaerlem
- 10/05 – Eindhoven, NL @fuzzclubrecords Festival
- 22/05 – Manchester, UK @yes_mcr
- 23/05 – Liverpool, UK @kazimierstockroom
- 24/05 – Edinburgh, UK @thevoodoorooms
- 25/05 – Newcastle, UK @zerox_newcastle
- 28/05 – Bristol, UK @thelanesbristol
- 29/05 – Brighton, UK @greendoorstore
- 30/05 – London, UK @mothclub
- 31/05 – Norwich, UK @norwichartscentre
- 03/08 – Kendal, UK @kendalcalling
Photo courtesy of Fuzz Club
