At the tail end of last year, we were chuffed up to have an exclusive stream on ‘Lesson’, the debut album from Bristol based classically trained multi-instrumentalist A.L. Lacey. We’re strong believers in the longevity of a record, certain that reviews, features and the like should not be confined to the weeks leading up to release with nothing to follow.
Good news then that Lacey has a new video out from the record – an engaging optical treat for the track ‘Paper‘, which we’re pleased as punch to have an exclusive of below.
“Ultimately, ‘Paper‘ is about the excruciating highs and lows, and omnipresent cynicism of being in a long-term, long-distance relationship careening towards an inevitable end.” Says Lacey of the track. “Around the time the piece was coming together, I’d been sifting through some old diaries I’d kept in my early twenties (whilst I was in a long-distance relationship of sorts) when emotions seemed more volatile, muddled and difficult to communicate. These writings, in-turn, informed the lyrics and to some extent, the bittersweetness of the melody.
With the production, we deliberately created a wistful-childlike pop-vibe, hence the sparkling vocals and simple piano chords to start with. That sound ultimately gets taken-over by a driving-force, created by kick drums, looped synths, layered woodwind and swirling keys – all adding to the sense of a sweet-thing doomed, and hurtling off a precipice.”
On the captivating video, Director Sorrell Kerrison:
“After listening to the song, I realised that the beat and movements of the piece reminded me of a Rube Goldberg machine, where each piece triggers off another piece in succession leading to a finale. I ran with this idea, using motifs from the work to propel it along. The animation was made in traditional frame-by-frame, with an initial scanning of some paper to get that texture into a digital piece.”
Released at the tail end of last year via London based label Human Worth, the record is available on a super limited run of ‘Pitch Black’ vinyl, with 10% of all proceeds donated to charity Off the Record – a mental health social movement by and for young people aged 11-25 living in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
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