For the first time across their two album career, Hookworms materialise on our screens for a new music video, ‘Radio Tokyo’. The track is regarded amongst the band as the catalyst for their latest album The Hum, even though it was written way back, before the release of their debut LP, Pearl Mystic.
How Hookworms kept this adrenalized tune under their hats and away from the studio for so long is difficult to understand, but this throbbing noise machine is done justice today with a suitably nauseating visual to match the aural chaos.
Director Sam Wiehl explains, “the idea was to use multiple projectors to hit a series of transparent screens, creating an installation that the band played within, and to visually capture the energy of the track”. Where vocalist MJ adds, “making it made me feel kind of ill, but Sams projections are beautiful”.
In addition to the new clip, the band have also announced a string of live dates for 2015.
6th December – Cluny 2, Newcastle
28th February – Stereo, Glasgow
1st March – Sound Control, Manchester
21st March – Oval Space, London
22nd March – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham