Video for ‘Hesitate’ by Desperate Journalist taken from the album ‘Desperate Journalist’ out now on Fierce Panda (UK) & Minty Fresh Records(US) ‘Hesitate’ is the new upcoming single by London four-piece Desperate Journalist, and to get you in the mood they have share the accompanying video.
Taken from the album their self-titled debut album, the Jason Weidner-directed video to the track was worked around vocalist Jo Bevan’s coming across the work of film artist Takashi Ito.
“I was really struck by how he uses time lapse photography, projection and altered film speeds in a sketching way to make something at once sadly romantic, ghostly and kind of mundane. I sent one of his films (‘Grim’) to Jason and he came up with a treatment inspired by Ito’s aesthetic which perfectly reflects the paralysing anxiety of the lyrics.”
‘Hesitate’ is darkly intense song epitomized by a nervy bass line and pulsing drums, gradually melding with Bevan’s vocal, it all flows into an explosion of poetic lyrics set against a sonic wall of frenetic guitars.
The band head out on tour next month, playing a handful of shows as follows:
Sunday 24th May – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
Wednesday 27th May – Sheffield, Rocking Chair
Thursday 28th May – London, 100 Club
Friday 29th May – Norwich, The Blueberry
Saturday 30th May – Bristol, The Stag & Hounds
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