ICYMI: Moon Panda premiere mesmorising ‘Rabbit’ video at It’s Nice That | Single out now via My Little Empire
MOON PANDA PREMIERE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘RABBIT’ AT IT’S NICE THAT
LIVE DATES IN LONDON & BRIGHTON ANNOUNCED
SINGLE OUT NOW VIA MY LITTLE EMPIRE
“…takes you on a weird and wonderful journey through space and time” – It’s Nice That
“…dreamy guitar pop thrills with a slight baroque edge” – CLASH
Today, Moon Panda have premiered their visually stunning new video by animators Andrew Khosravani and Rosanna Wan at It’s Nice That. The band contacted Khosravani after seeing his work for Citadel Festival in 2017. It’s Nice That have described the video as taking you “on a weird and wonderful journey through space and time“.
Maddy of Moon Panda explains the brief given: “We gave him very little direction because we wanted him to do his own thing and run wild with it. We pretty much just said think: space jungle. Vibrant colors & otherworldly adventure“.
Khosravani said on the collaboration: “I often get contacted with requests for similar sorts of stuff but I haven’t really worked on many music videos in the past mainly because I have this idea in my head of what kind of music video I would like to make and the songs don’t usually match that idea. However the second I heard the song I knew it was a banger and was very very excited about the idea of working on it. It’s a fantastic tune after all.”
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With a mismatch of influences including the misunderstood maverick composer Charles Ives, the intricate, technical guitarist Erik Mongrain, and US alt-lit writer Heiko Julien, it might come as some surprise that Moon Panda create such beautifully relatable songs.
The sounds of Portishead, Mitski, Beirut, Beach House, and Angel Olsen have been key to the formation of Moon Panda. After the duo of Californian songwriter Maddy Myers and Danish guitarist Gustav Moltke decided on the talents of Bristolian synth player George Godwin and London-based percussionist Alfie Webber to join them, they settled on Brighton in 2018 as their creative base to launch the group.
Their debut single ‘Rabbit’ released on boutique record label My Little Empire is an impressive introduction with dark undertones. “Rabbit is about unhealthy love.” Myers explains. “It’s someone so infatuated with their partner that they can’t end their tragic, dependent relationship.” Inspired by a character formed in Heiko Julien’s collection of wit-filled 21st century love poems ‘I’m Ready To Die A Violent Death’, Myers looks to personify the atmosphere evoked. “I wanted ‘Rabbit’ to feel quite hypnotic and have some edge. Like a predator lurking around.” The single was produced by Cameron Blackwood who has also recently worked with the likes of Florence & the Machine, The Horrors, British Sea Power, and London Grammar.
Moon Panda create a hypnotic, mellow soundscape, with lush electronic harmonies and dense drums that weave throughout and leave an instantaneous desire for more. The fragility and sensitivity felt in ‘Rabbit’ has been part and parcel of Myers’ songwriting journey throughout her life. In fact, she was sparked into first picking up a guitar at 16 after her self-confessed sweetly sheltered childhood saw its first glimpse of the real world when her treasured adolescent possessions were stolen from a broken into car. “I had a really charmed, kind, upbringing and it was the first time I’d ever really felt cruelty,” explains Myers.
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AUG 16TH – The Camden Assembly, London
AUG 31ST – The Admiral, Brighton
MOON PANDA MEMBERS:
Maddy Myers
Gustav Moltke
George Godwin
Alfie Webber
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