10 December 2012 - 0 Comments

Thomas Coffey has put the heat back into his first single just in time for summer.

The Christchurch-based songwriter has re-edited the video for So Hot Right Now, the first single off his debut album Dominos.

“It was one of those odd things,” Coffey says. “Matt [TeMatera Smith] from Triple A (AllGood Absolute Alternative Records) and I were looking at all of the footage from the original shoot and realised that there was some great stuff that hadn’t made it to the first edit.”

“There’s a lot more action and we’ve added some post production effects to give it more of a sense of the heat that’s typical on the Canterbury plains during summer. It was shot in Ashburton 70k south of Christchurch and also just behind the Christchurch airport.

“This is probably one of the most multi-layered songs I’ve written,. It’s not about being sexy. It’s about being hot as in ready. I sung it at a party and these six or seven guys, who were all drunk, linked arms and started singing “so hot right now”. I thought, thanks guys you have just written my chorus. It’s a forward-looking song. I had just signed a deal with Matt Smith at Triple A records and was both excited and nervous.

“The video though is a lot more literal. I hold a sign saying “to somewhere cooler” and the whole video is about trying to stay cool on a hot summer’s day.”

After a month in which he met Marcus Mumford from Mumford and Sons – it was just before their encore and he asked me for a lighter, so I obliged and gave him my CD too. Hell of a nice chap – Coffey is already working on a new project close to his heart with Triple A. He plans to release a second single off Dominos, Tremendous Heart, a song written in the aftermath of the devastating February 2011 Christchurch earthquake to coincide with its anniversary.

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