We awake this morning to the exciting news that capital-based band, Hans Pucket, have signed to iconic label Carpark Records (The Beths, Chelsea Jade...and once upon a time Beach House and Palm). Not only that! The dance-punk quartet have also announced a new LP, No Drama, and treated us to the first single paired with a music video.
'My Brain Is A Vacant Space' is a groovy light-punk piece that captures the essence of social anxiety; its busy drum beat and symbol crashes playing the thoughts scattered through the brain and the hard-hitting drum strums the word vomit that you didn't mean to let out. Despite the edge, the song is tuneful and still manages to encapsulate the exciting energy that can come with socialising.
"This song deals with social anxiety, the fear of boring other people, and the struggle to say anything you really mean," singer/guitarist Oliver Devlin explains. "I think part of it comes from worrying about people’s expectations of you, so you act in a certain way. The whole thing is exhausting."
The single is accompanied by a music video directed by Samuel Austin with production and editing help from the band's bassist and celebrated music video director Callum Devlin. Taking us back in time to a school hall where we had to line up in front of a photographer to take a class photo, the video grasps even more of that awkward - yet relatable - energy.
Watch the video below.
HANS PUCKET - NO DRAMA
OUT NOVEMBER 4TH via CARPARK RECORDS
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