SQUID RELEASE VIDEO FOR PAMPHLETS

 

 

 

THE DEBUT SQUID ALBUM BRIGHT GREEN FIELD ENTERED THE OFFICIAL ALBUM CHART AT #4

SQUID PERFORM ON LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND ON FRIDAY 21 MAY ON BBC TWO

 

Fresh from their critically acclaimed debut album, BRIGHT GREEN FIELD on Warp Records, which charted at #4, Bristol experimental group SQUID have revealed the video for the single PAMPHLETS, directed by Raman Djafari.

The eight-minute odyssey is a masterwork in hyperreal animation. Director Djafari offered the following on his video:

“The video for Pamphlets is a meditation on the feeling of being unfit, unlovable, not compatible and the manic anxiety and stress that this results in. I wanted to explore a state of mind that I have found myself in many times, of fearing to go outside and being confronted with everything that one cannot love about themselves. Rooted in trauma that is as personal as it is and always connected to society at large, harmful self-images are incredibly hard to escape. The fear of being rejected for the way one is marked as different and perceived as such, manifested in the presence and gaze of others, becomes the way we see ourselves. We internalize the rejection that we are subjected to. As a result, there is the urge to hide away, suppress and judge whatever it is that we have been taught to hate. Thus, detaching from the self and thereby detaching from others. This is a video that relates to my own experiences as well, as it is a solidarization with everyone that has been made to feel this way. The second half of the video is about the emergence from that state of mind through the embrace of difference. It is a process that I myself am still very much going through and learning from, so it is also a reminder and an exercise in empowerment. The transformation that happens when we learn to love ourselves is a detachment from the ideals of normativity. Loving the difference, that which is perceived as ugly and rotten, is beautiful. At the same time, it is an unlearning of the false truths that have been etched into our minds and hearts.”

 

 

Following the recent announcements of the band’s socially distanced Fieldworks tour in early summer and their rescheduled headline UK tour in autumn, comes the first ever SQUID headline USA tour in November this year. The band have also been confirmed to perform on Later with Jools Holland on Friday 21 May.

 

Formed in Brighton SQUID is the brainchild of:

· LOUIS BORLASE (guitar and vocals)

· OLLIE JUDGE (drums and lead vocals)

· ARTHUR LEADBETTER (keyboards, strings and percussion)

· LAURIE NANKIVELL (bass and brass)

· ANTON PEARSON (guitars and vocals)

 

 

FIELDWORKS TOUR

MAY 2021

Wed 19 FALMOUTH Cornish Bank

Thu 20 TOTNES St Mary’s

Sat 22 BRISTOL Cube *

Wed 26 CHIPPENHAM Old Road Tavern *

Fri 28 HULL Adelphi *

JUNE 2021

Tue 01 SHEFFIELD Leadmill

Thu 03 MANCHESTER Stoller Hall *

Sat 05 LONDON Silver Building *

Mon 07 NORWICH Halls

Wed 09 BEXHILL ON SEA De La Warr Pavilion

Sat 12 MARGATE Cliftonville Hall

* Two shows back to back

 

RESCHEDULED 2020 TOUR

JULY 2021

Mon 12 BRIGHTON Chalk

Tue 13 SOUTHAMPTON Joiners

Wed 14 OXFORD Bullingdon

Thu 15 LONDON Scala

Sat 17 MANCHESTER White Hotel

Sun 18 HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club

Mon 19 EDINBURGH Summerhall

Tue 20 YORK Crescent

Mon 26 BIRMINGHAM Castle & Falcon

Tue 27 BEDFORD Esquires

Wed 28 NORWICH Arts Centre

 

BRIGHT GREEN FIELD HEADLINE TOUR

SEPTEMBER 2021

Tue 07 BRIGHTON Concorde 2

Thu 09 BRISTOL Marble Factory

Fri 10 MANCHESTER Albert Hall

Thu 23 LONDON Printworks

Fri 24 BIRMINGHAM Crossing

Sat 25 NOTTINGHAM Rock City

Mon 27 NEWCASTLE NUSU

Tue 28 GLASGOW SWG3

Wed 29 BELFAST Empire

Thu 30 DUBLIN Button Factory

OCTOBER 2021

Sun 03 CARDIFF Tramshed

Mon 04 SOUTHAMPTON The 1865

Tue 05 EXETER Phoenix

 

CHECK OUT ALL MUSIC MAGAZINE REVIEW OF BRIGHT GREEN FIELD HERE

 

 

BRIGHT GREEN FIELD track listing:

 Resolution Square

· G.S.K

· Narrator feat. Martha Skye Murphy

· Boy Racers

· Paddling

· Documentary Filmmaker

· 2010

· The Flyover

· Peel St

· Global Groove

· Pamphlets

 

 

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