Norwich, UK neo-psych/krautrock/indie five-piece Floral Image have unveiled their new single “Howling Dog Song” and its accompanying music video.
The track is final taste of their much-anticipated debut album ‘Gone Down Meadowland‘, due to be released on April 25 through Fuzz Club. Pre-order your copy here.
Howling Dog Song is a high-energy romp that is underpinned with an environmental message and warning, howling with fury at the climate change threats going ignored worldwide. Speaking about it, vocalist and keyboardist Jack Warner shares:
“Howling Dog Song is about the inability of our elected officials to make any urgent impact on the impending destruction of our climate, due to the continued use of fossil fuels. It has an unhinged energy which explodes with ferocity. We’re tired of inaction, we’re sick of petro-capitalism. We’re howling.”
Of the video, director M.Forsyth says: “We had nearly 22 minutes of some of the most riveting and dangerous stunt work ever put to digital film; ultimately, the studio & the band knew it was simply too much,” he explains. “If anything, it was hugely costly. It’s a great lesson as a filmmaker to take a loss and turn it around. I found within the B-roll a different narrative- one of noisy camaraderie, fear and overcoming, and love between modern men. Howling is a naked, bold, chaotic outcry to be loud and unflinching in the face of our terrifying fascist world. The message is simple- if we use the power of nature for evil, there will be insanity.”
Watch / listen below.
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
