Music News - Doprah Share New Single and Video Lucid Visions
15 December 2015 - 0 Comments
Doprah are very proud to share Lucid Visions, the first
single and video from their forthcoming album called Wasting.
The video features an intriguing religious cult based plot, set amongst a hazed
out and spooky forest.
Producer/Director Julian
Vares has an interesting story about the video, which may
even reveal a missing link to the infamous Parker-Hulme murder as portrayed in the Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures.
We shot
most of this video in a random spot of forest up at Victoria park, just off
Dyers pass road. The day before the shoot we doing some location tests
and I had my wardrobe designer sitting under the tree we planned on shooting.
She felt something sharp buried underneath the tree roots and actually
un-earthed half a brick wrapped in what looked like an old 1950's girls-high
issue stocking. The Parker-Hulme murder happened not far away after all. I did
some research and apparently the actual murder weapon sits on some
police-commissioner's desk as a paperweight. I'll never know if we found the
legitimate other half brick, a relic from the Heavenly Creatures production, or
simple fell victim to some weird prank. I've since lost the brick anyway so I
guess we'll never know.
The video premiered today on My Old Kentucky Blog which you can
check over here.
WATCH VIDEO HERE
LISTEN ON
SOUNDCLOUD HERE
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY HERE
The track is described by Indi
Force from the band as follows:
Like with a few of our
earlier works, including San Pedro, the melody was written by Steven chopping
up and editing a bunch of autoschediastic vocals I recorded through lo-fi
laptop speakers. The lyrics are a collection of visions based on the
complexities of the human condition and ephemeral dream logic. It relates
directly to the rest of the album in that it addresses the overwhelming power
of the unconscious.
Doprah -
a Christchurch New Zealand band - released their debut EP in 2014 to widespread
acclaim and featuring a brilliant video for the track Stranger People.
This was followed by a trip to CMJ New York, various festival slots including St Jerome’s Laneway Festival and
performing with Lorde, Silicon, The Phoenix Foundation and more.
What People Are Saying
About Doprah
All hail the arrival of
another odd-pop export from New Zealand: Doprah. - Spin Magazine
Christchurch-based pair
Doprah were nowhere on our radar until a friend of Best Fit pointed us in their
direction. Boy, were we glad to hear them. - The Line of Best Fit
We’re lost, but we’re safe.
We’re doomed, but we know it. And there’s a strange peace to be found in this
wasteland." - Yours Truly
"Beautifully
understated compositions rooted in Radiohead’s family of theremin synths and
the weaving texture of male and female vocals. - Pigeons and Planes
Falling in love with
Christchurch duo DOPRAH was a little bit like jumping into the ocean with
bricks attached to my ankles (in the best possible way) - Purple Sneakers
Perfectly moody. Driven by
that visceral chain-gang beat, and set against that Radiohead-esque baseline,
you can’t help but be hypnotized - Portals
Like the roots of a tree
that twist, turn and go everywhere they please, the psychedelic drug tripping
sounds of Doprah on “San Pedro” not only go in the ground but they also root up
and out into an ethereal haze of drug induced sonic waves - Hilly Dilly
Doprah have drawn
comparisons to Portishead and The xx which aren't entirely unwarranted.
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