WILD BELLE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "MOCKINGBIRD" HERE
EVERYBODY ONE OF A KIND SLATED FOR MARCH 22nd RELEASE
Photo Credit: Cor Ruppert
Sibling duo Wild Belle, comprised of multi-instrumentalist and producer Elliot Bergman and singer-songwriter Natalie Bergman, announces the release of the band's upcoming third studio album, Everybody One Of A Kind. The album, due out March 22nd, finds the duo revisiting some of their trademark sounds and inspirations, incorporated into a deeper mix of breezy, blazed out modern soul and world-rock sounds.
Coinciding with today's announcement and yesterday's premiere on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, the duo has shared the video for their first single "Mockingbird" off the forthcoming album. Co-directed by Natalie Bergman and Alan Del Rio (St. Vincent, Blood Orange, Maggie Rogers, Solange, Danny Brown, Whitney), the video is a vintage take on a high-speed chase (with a cameo from Jean of H09909) and an epic house party in the hills, shot in artist Mark Grotjahn's backyard, acting as the perfect visual component to the reggae-inspired bop. Wild Belle visually creates a lens that reflects nostalgic of an underground revolution, simultaneously projecting future global unity and freedom, a visual and sonic collage that transcends boundaries and brings listeners directly into the multi-dimensional Wild Belle universe.
On the video, Natalie adds: Mockingbird is a guerrilla movie. We recorded the song with John Hill and couldn't help ourselves from skanking & dancing in the studio, so we knew the video had to be a dance party. We invited all our friends. Director Alan Del Rio was hanging out of a convertible on the canyon roads of Malibu to film the 1965 Plymouth cop car chasing a Mustang full of hooligans. We weren't technically supposed to drive the Plymouth, it was supposed to be a stationary prop, but we ended up doing donuts and thought for sure our friend was gonna flip it ! I asked Jean to star in the video because the album is very much a testament to our love, and I always adore collaborating with him. He's brilliant. We told John Hill we needed bird & animal sounds in the song, so he went into his vault of field recordings he took in the jungle of Colombia, and that's how the song got started.
Since the release of previous albums Isles and Dreamland, Wild Belle have toured the world, performing at widely renowned music festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits etc and made late night TV appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and CONAN. Also maintaining creative efforts individually, Elliot delivered his "Peace Bells" performance at the MCA Chicago and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C., and will deliver another performance in March this year with an installation at the Marciano Art Foundation. Natalie recently lent her voice to the HBOshow The Deuce, covering the Elvis Costello song "This Year's Girl" for the opening theme song of season 2, and has continued to exhibit her vibrant collage work at various galleries in Los Angeles.
Everybody One Of A Kind is Wild Belle's most stripped down and focused album to date - liberated and confident songwriting from Natalie, other-wordly production and hand-crafted instrumentation from Elliot - a unique blend of soul, dub and reggae inspired sounds that ultimately create the perfect blend for the future of pop. More news from Wild Belle to be announced soon !
WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR "MOCKINGBIRD"
PRE-ORDER EVERYBODY ONE OF A KIND
EVERYBODY ONE OF A KIND TRACKLIST
1. Rocksteady
2. Mockingbird
3. Everybody One of a Kind
4. Tumbleweed
5. Have You Both
6. Ferrari
7. Let The Bells Ring
8. We Are The Future
9. It's Not Time For Your Funeral
10. If I Should Lose My Mind
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