Menace Beach – ‘Tastes Like Medicine’

Directed by Tom Hudson, of Pulled Apart By Horses

The vibrancy of Leeds' music scene is in clear correlation to its size.

Big enough to retain new talent, the city is also small enough to push different styles, different genres together.

Menace Beach are a clear example. Rooted in DIY indie pop, the band are also close to rather more feral outfits.

Pulled Apart By Horses' Tom Hudson directs the band's new video. A beautifully lilting highlight of their recent debut album, 'Tastes Like Medicine' comes equipped with some eye-catching visuals.

"When they asked me to produce a video for their new single 'Tastes Like Medicine' I thought I would try and combine the two together. Menace Beach came out on the road with my band Pulled Apart By Horses on our last UK tour. I shot all the footage over that tour – catching chunks of their sets / soundchecks & just generally goofing about in the different venues."

"After ploughing through the footage when I returned home I started to rotoscope and animate over the top of the footage, trying to keep things frantic and spontaneous (even though animation can be pretty painstaking!) I think the trashy footage and playful animations represent the vibe of the track pretty well. My favourite bit is when the drummer, Nestor is chopping up sausages…. sorry mate!"

Check it out now.

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