Colin Read marks the transition between lockdown and a more open world, in the ambitious video for Heat Waves. Starting out as a multi-camera perspective of vocalist Dave Bayley - as he drags a bunch of TV's down a London street - the visual ends with a bittersweet performance, with the other band members trapped in the monitors. Interweaving mobile phone footage - the production enlisted the involvement of the residents of a street in Hackney to make the video - and broadcast-quality cameras, this is a comment on an extraordinary time, and takes a hesitant step towards a "new normal", shaking off the lockdown aesthetic and building towards a multi-format style visual.
Rob Ulitski - 2nd July 2020