PVT Release New Stop-Motion Video For ‘Homosapien’ Via Filter, European Tour Continues
Current album out now on Felte, stream recent Hype Williams remix
Following on from appearances at Dublin Camden Crawl and Land of Kings this weekend and ahead of more European shows, Australian electronic band PVT have released their new video for ‘Homosapien’. The clip is a unique take on the stop-motion technique, featuring a cast of collaborators, inspiring musicians, friends and supporters. Having already conquered the three dimensional in previous video offering ‘Vertigo’, PVT this time take to a 3’20’’ display of world class instrument-switching; beautifully executed in high contrast grayscale.
The video premiered yesterday on Filter Magazine, and you can watch it here:
Clemens Habicht (Friendly Fires, Bloc Party, Delphic) is back in the director’s chair and even makes a short appearance in the video… along with 40 or so other faces, including but not limited to: Jack Ladder, Sarah Blasko, Kirin J. Callinan and Mrs Pike (yes, Laurence and Richard’s mum), but don’t blink or you might miss it. Says Habicht of the clip: “This is our third performance video together, our trilogy. The first was Window which was about experiencing being them on stage, then there was Vertigo, and now Homosapien. It is one of those complicated pvt tracks that would be impossible for anyone but them to play and what makes them such a great performance band, seeing them actually make this music live on real instruments. So the idea is to make anyone else improbably able to play it.
“We roped in friends and supporters, those die hards who go to all the concerts, fans, partners, managers, faces from the first band incarnation, present collaborators, band photographers including Wilkie who shot this video, I’m in there and so is my dad, Laurence and Rich’s long suffering mum, Dave’s sommelier…
“With stop motion we all appear to play like PVT. ‘I’m someone just like you’.“
Watch previous video to ‘Vertigo’, with or without 3-D glasses:
PVT’s ‘Homosapien’ is out now worldwide on Felte, Modulor in France and in Australia/New Zealand on Create Control. Buy ‘Homosapien’ at Felte’s website.
Stream the eccentric rework of ‘Vertigo’ by Hype Williams here:
PVT work their way across Europe this week and throughout May to finish up with a headline show on the 30th May at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen. Full details of the shows are as below.
As a taster for the current shows, here’s a couple of superb live sessions recorded at Sydney’s Studios 301 last month.
Watch ‘Shiver’ Live at Studios 301:
PVT UK and European Live Dates:
10th May Tourcoing, France @ Le Grand Mix w/ Suuns
12th May Dordrecht, The Netherlands @ UE Festival
15th May Paris, France @ La Flèche D’Or
16th May Strasbourg, France @ La Laiterie
18th May Brussels, Belgium @ La Chocolaterie
21st May Berlin, Germany @ Prince Charles
22nd May Tilburg, The Netherlands @ 013
24th May Reykjavik, Iceland @ Reykjavik Music Mess
30th May London, UK @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen – getickets
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“it’s terrific… a coiling gothica sci-fi soundtrack that cocoons Richard Pike’s echo-soaked vocal amid pulsing, binary-code electronics. 8/10.” NME
“… exquisite woozy blend of drum-heavy indie rock and brooding synth pop.“ – SPIN
“… far more accomplished at integrating technology as an intrinsic element than many more successful outfits, doing so with intriguing, individual results…” – FACT
“‘Homosapien’ is evolution at its finest point, with sonic combinations that can stop you dead in your tracks to ponder the production…” The Line Of Best Fit
“PVT have made an album that honourably drifts away from their cosmic soundscapes for something more sharp and immediate – a 21st Century appropriation of guitar rock and computer love.” Beat Magazine, Album Of The Week
“Fascinatingly unpredictable and completely enjoyable.” – Pitchfork
“The sound of Vangelis clubbing with Talking Heads in 1982, and it sounds fresh… PVT are still riveting.” The Fly