Westerman shares video for new single Albatross
Westerman shares video for new single Albatross
Photo cred Bex Day
Westerman ~ Albatross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crLNOaSnY3E
“Westerman’s songwriting takes in the tumult of a whirring mind and turns it into music that has the power to soothe modern anxieties, if not solve them” Pitchfork Rising
Earlier this month, Westerman announced details of his Ark EP and previewed a track from it, “Albatross”. Today he shares a visual interpretation.
Directed by Emilie Norenberg, the video is set at night in the curious setting of Margates Powell Cotton Museum where it finds Westerman alone among a multitude of stuffed animals. The dynamic suddenly changes when one of the animals springs into life.
“It was a fun day we had by the seaside” he suggests. “Thanks to the Powell Cotton Museum for being so obliging. I hope you like it.”
Ark EP was written in between a lot of travelling and recorded over an intense 3-day period with little sleep or contact with anyone. With minor re-drafting and editing the result is something looser than previous singles ‘Confirmation’, ‘Edison’ and ‘Easy Money’ and debut EP Call and Response.
Westerman sets off on his UK tour this week starting with Oxford today and ending with his largest headline show to date at London’s Oslo on the 18th, before heading to Europe and the US.
Ark EP is out on the 9th of November on Blue Flowers and ‘Albatross’ is out now.
Westerman full tour dates below – tickets here
10 Oct, The Cellar Bar, Oxford
11 Oct, Heartbreakers, Southampton
12 Oct, The Crofters Rights, Bristol
13 Oct, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
16 Oct, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
17 Oct, Now Wave Venue, Manchester
18 Oct, Oslo, Hackney, London
30 Oct, Pitchfork Avant-Garde Festival
31 Oct, Trefunt, Gent, Belgium
01 Nov, Sugarfactory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
02 Nov, Maze, Berlin, Germany
27th Nov, Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY, USA
29th Nov, Moroccan Lounge, LA, USA
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