Bristol is a law unto itself.
Known as a bass citadel, the area's DIY scene stretches from noise to lo-fi indie, make a few stops along the pop sphere during the journey.
Velcro Hooks have a torn and tattered sound, an intense live show coupled with an ability to conjure, well, hooks. The band's debut album will be released in 2016, with new cut 'Severin The Mind' due for release via Howling Owl Records on January 15th.
The accompanying visuals were pieced together on a tiny budget, but there's an enormous sense of imagination at work here. Velcro Hooks explain:
"On an unrelated road trip to find songwriter Jenner's old microphone, we stumbled across an old farm and thought “Heck, what a great place to shoot some movies.'"
"We told our filmmaker buddy James Hankins about it and within days he had come up with some nutso idea about hillbillies, alter egos, and a maniacal cult set on the farm. Noticing our quizzical responses to the idea his words were 'Trust me, it'll be good'. So following our guts, we did just that and drank beer, played with power tools and cooked a whole salmon whilst shooting everything within 12 hours. I think we set out to make something creepy, but ended up having too much fun that day."
Check it out now.