Taken from Baleine 3000‘s third record – ‘The Nap‘ – released last year on Brussels’ multiversical outlet Vlek, the dream-pop ballad ‘Gonna Rain‘ makes a return but this time on the screens, with a beautiful music video courtesy of Liège-based artist collective La Supérette.
Recalling the “damp lo-fi days of early Ariel Pink” and Connan Mockasin’s kaleidoscopic musical universe whilst “Illreme’s charismatic imperfections provide a hint of Can’s Damo Suzuki glory days“, the song here finds the perfect visual echo to its colourful palette of gummy riffs and toy-box synths, marrying the dazzling organic beauty of variegated gemstones and mineral lodes with childhood souvenirs of the weird, hard-to-hate Power Rangers’ monster enemies. A much recommended cocktail of audio-visual vitamins to crush the bleak coming-up of the Monday feels.
Shot in Liège on a mining heap by La Supérette.
Edited in Tokyo by $wampz Mushi.
Catch Baleine 3000 on their Euro Tour, dates below:
14/09 Boulehalle, Köln
15/09 Salon des Amateurs, Düsseldorf
17/09 Boot Tenace, Charleroi
21/09 TBA, Lausanne
23/09 TBA, Lyon
The Nap is out now, order a copy from Bandcamp.
TRACKLIST
1. Gonna Rain
2. The Nap
3. Fried Oyster
4. Europ
5. Bird Call
6. Neon
7. Heroica (Ambiant mix)
Discover more about Baleine 3000 and Vlek on Inverted Audio.
