Radical Face shares new video, third sold out London show tonight
Radical Face shares video for ‘The Road to Nowhere’
Third sold out London show tonight
“Sweet, pastoral portrait songs, intricately arranged and intimately sung” MOJO
“Sometimes the most subtle and delicate music can have the strongest and most lasting emotional effect…carefully arranged, lyrically dense baroque folk” FLOOD
“A wonderfully engrossing, strangely deceptive work” Clash
Radical Face has unveiled the first official video from his latest release ‘The Family Tree: The Leaves’, the final installment of The Family Tree trilogy, out now on Nettwerk Records. Followers of the trilogy will notice ‘The Road to Nowhere’ as a follow up track to the ‘The Gilded Hand’ from‘The Family Tree: The Branches’. The beautifully eerie video portrays the song like a short film, featuring a young boy held captive by The Gilded Hand who uses his newly discovered magical powers to kill his captor, break free and become a leader to other children in the town.
Watch ‘The Road to Nowhere’ here
Radical Face plays the last of his three back-to-back sold out London shows tonight, before returning home to launch the U.S. portion of the tour.
‘The Family Tree: The Leaves’ brings to a close an unprecedented musical journey that began in the back shed of Ben Cooper’s family home in Jacksonville, Florida nearly 10 years ago, and solidifies him as a unique and prolific storyteller. Having always been interested in stories surrounding multi-generational family sagas, Ben embarked on a series of ‘The Family Tree’ albums, which trace the fantastical lives of a 19th century family, The Northcotes. Certain melodic patterns are used to represent certain family members, and those melodic patterns mutate and are passed down from generation to generation. This last installment continues the narrative of The Northcotes, offering a polished, textured sound entirely crafted by Ben, who plays nearly all the instruments on the album. His DIY-ethic, which was forged in the early days with a four-track in his family’s back shed, has evolved into a lushly orchestrated album.
UK tour:
Thursday 28th April – The Forge, London