South London post punk/alt musician Heartworms (aka Jojo Orme) has premiered her new single “Jacked” and its accompanying video.
The track, produced by Dan Carey is out now via Speedy Wunderground. Buy it here.
“Jacked” is a blistering return which explores, as Heartworms explains, “a darkness or entity which you are running away from… but it is really you that holds it.” Produced by Dan Carey, the single combines the propulsive, motorik rhythms of gothic stalwarts Depeche Mode, Killing Joke or New Order, with the lyrical dexterity of PJ Harvey into a powerful sonic onslaught that is entirely Heartworms.
On the video, director Gilbert Trejo, said: “To me, ‘Jacked’ is the soundtrack to a paranoid fever dream. There’s a movement and energy to the song that Jojo and I knew we needed to convey when we were writing the video. We wanted her in flight, but she had to be alone in the world, so I went through and scratched everyone else’s face off of the film emulsion with a safety pin. That feeling of loneliness and the unknown. Scary and hilarious.”
“We figured if I jumped in the van on their US tour and shot it on an old 35mm camera I’d recently built, we could utilise all the free foreign locations. Pulling over if we saw something sick, and time allowed. Then we finished it out with help from (DP) Max Flick and (PD) Frankie Latina at the abandoned zoo in LA after the tour was over.”
Watch/listen below.
Heartworms has also announced new headline shows, taking place in Nottingham, Blackpool and London. Full dates below.
Heartwork Upcoming Tour Dates
JULY
12 – Glasgow, TRNSMT Festival
13 – Nottingham, The Bodega
14 – Blackpool, Bootleg Social
17 – London, Moth Club
28 – Oxford, Truck Festival
AUGUST
10 – YPSIGROCK Festival
30 – End of the Road Festival
31 – Manchester Psych Fest
Photo credit: Gilbert Trejo
