Brijs Shares Explosive New Single ‘Velvet Ditch’

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Brijs has shared his explosive new single 'Velvet Ditch' in full.

The songwriter seems to tap into lockdown ennui, and that sense of being trapped in comfort.

Out now, the single offers contorted alt-pop thrills, accomplished in a vivid, thrilling, colour-soaked fashion.

The visuals build on this, with Brijs working alongside his brothers, Andy and David Renton.

Constructing a technicolour delight, the video utilises the chaotic symbolism of the lyrics in a fresh way.

Brijs comments…

"Like many of us independent artists, I was on a budget. I got inventive and asked a lot of favours. I put up a photography backdrop in my studio, sourced props from charity shops and eBay, borrowed a decent camera, and pulled in friends to help me put it together. I had David working on the animation of the pit of teeth and lyrics whilst Andy and I were in the studio filming it with my drummer Luke as our starring talent."

"‘Velvet Ditch’ is about being trapped in comfort and so I boiled this idea down to a simplistic brief of creating claustrophobia with fabrics. I found various bits and pieces around town but ended up almost exclusively using a red spandex table cloth I’d bought from eBay. We stretched it over our faces, our hands, we were inside it at one point… We lost it a little bit, but I think that was necessary."

Watch it now.

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