Taken from their forthcoming album ‘The Livelong Day’ which we recently announced here, which will be released on October 25th , Dublin four-piece Lankum have shared their video for ‘The Young People’, their latest album single which is out today.
Director Bob Gallagher explains the idea behind the video; “It is set over an autumn morning in Dublin, with all the action happening in the same little sliver of time. The idea was inspired by the lyricism of the first verse, especially the line ‘his feet were ringing the bell’. I found myself thinking about the starkness of that image, but then also considering what sort of actions other people’s feet might be doing at the same time to contrast that. I was interested in the idea of doing a video with a street photography approach, shooting it in a simple documentary-style, and concentrating on just feet and legs, set against the textures of the city. I spent a lot of time travelling through Dublin with my eyes on the ground, watching and waiting for interesting moments to happen. The way people move through or occupy city spaces, even in the most routine ways, form a sort of interconnected ephemeral dance. You start to see that there’s something very expressive about feet that makes them easy to empathise with. You somehow see more of a person by seeing less of them in the frame”
PRE ORDER LINK: https://roughtrade.ffm.to/thelivelongday
Forthcoming Lankum Tour Dates:
Oct 18th – Dolans Warehouse, Limerick
Oct 19th – Roisin Dubh, Galway
Oct 24th – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Oct 25th – Vicar Street, Dublin **SOLD OUT**
Nov 13th – Bullingdon Arms, Oxford
Nov 14th – Brudenell, Leeds
Nov 16th – Stereo, Glasgow
Nov 17th – Band On The Wall, Manchester
Nov 18th – Fiddlers, Bristol
Nov 19th – Komedia, Brighton
Nov 20th – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
Nov 21st – Tufnell Park Dome, London
Nov 23rd – Quiet Lights Festival, Cork
Nov 26th – Merleyn, Nijmegen
Nov 27th – Paradiso, Amsterdam
Nov 29th – Alice, Copenhagen
Nov 30th – Muziekpublique, Brussels
Jan 4th – Vicar Street, Dublin
Photo Credit: Ellius Grace