Photo: Luke Fitzpatrick
Our regular series of The VidList captures the best music videos (and tracks!) released over the past few weeks. Below we have new music videos across varied styles, from electronic, contemporary folk, and pop.
1) Jamie Adam - 'Nocturnal'
Dublin electronic and indie artist Jamie Adam released his fourth single 'Nocturnal' last week, the final track to be released from his debut album Melodic Electronic which is due out next month. There are a couple of significant and exciting aspects to the music he has shared to date. Firstly, diversity, none of the singles can be casually linked as sounding in any way 'samey', they are all stand alone. Secondly the song-writing and tone is unavoidably invigorating, but in a natural way, nothing is forced, it's simply cool without trying to be. 'Nocturnal' conjures up a pastiche of lo-fi Panda Bear moments, Peter, Bjorn & John pop happiness and colourful escapist chill from one of the most exciting and fun electronic solo acts to emerge in the past 12 months.
Dublin electronic and indie artist Jamie Adam released his fourth single 'Nocturnal' last week, the final track to be released from his debut album Melodic Electronic which is due out next month. There are a couple of significant and exciting aspects to the music he has shared to date. Firstly, diversity, none of the singles can be casually linked as sounding in any way 'samey', they are all stand alone. Secondly the song-writing and tone is unavoidably invigorating, but in a natural way, nothing is forced, it's simply cool without trying to be. 'Nocturnal' conjures up a pastiche of lo-fi Panda Bear moments, Peter, Bjorn & John pop happiness and colourful escapist chill from one of the most exciting and fun electronic solo acts to emerge in the past 12 months.
2) Gráinne Cotter - 'Shadows'
Galway-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gráinne Cotter released her debut album Tides last year, a vibrant and at times nicely subdued jazz-influenced collection of songs that would bring with it appearances at Other Voices and Electric Picnic among others. Her latest single 'Shadows' is notably different to Tides, but in all of the right ways, sticking to the bedrock of calm, but with a more polished oomph in its delivery. There's a lot happening here, a twinkling and enchanting opening that barely recedes across the duration of the track, a toe-dip into the progressive folk sounds you'd associate with Pentangle and Fairport Convention courtesy of some delightful flute at 1:42. It sounds assured, and truly majestic. Anecdotally the space suit worn by actor Seán T. O'Meallaigh in the video is the same one that featured in David Bowie's 'Blackstar' video.
3) Fat Pablo - 'Darts'
A couple of weeks ago we reviewed the debut single from Dublin psych-troupe Fat Pablo, 'Shambala', new single 'Darts' was released just today, and provides greater insight into where the band are coming from, and going to, musically. More electronic than its predecessor, 'Darts' delves into ambient territory with great ease, it's chill, and it's very much relatable. "Forever gone to another place, fuck all this wind blowing in my face" a line I (and probably most Irish people to be fair) can sigh and nod to. The layers of sound are shuffled like a pack of cards, and just like the mood, it's done in a very nonchalant manner, almost unwillingly. Like a lo-fi Fjaak with lyrics.
Check out our previous VidList, No. 13, here https://thebestofmusicandfilm.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-vidlist-ae-mak-wob-jackie-beverly-jake-regan-junk-drawer.html
