ON MAN shares new video "Survive This". Debut self-titled album out now via Houndstooth

ON MAN - Shares new video "Survive This" - Debut self-titled album out now via Houndstooth

Today London-based producer On Man is sharing a moving new video for his single "Survive This", starring Christopher Fairbank and directed by Ian Roderick Gray. The track is taken from his debut self-titled album, which is out now via Houndstooth. Speaking about the track, On Man said "I wrote 'Survive This' in one of many lovely sessions with Lotti from HAELOS. It’s a doomed love story of the lies we tell and let ourselves be told. It started as a fairly upbeat track but slowly turned into the pared-back-goes-big monster it’s become. The video began with Ian, the director, presenting me with a story he’d read of an elderly man being prosecuted for assisting his wife’s suicide. I’ll be honest, I was very wary of this idea at first. I’d recently had close personal experience of suicide and it felt way too raw. I was also worried about romanticising or exploiting the situation. But slowly, as we discussed and developed it, the story emerged into something that felt right and true. There is no doubt that it is brutal but it is also, ultimately, a story of what we would do for the people we love. We didn’t want to confuse or curtail the story to fit the song so we allowed the narrative to lead the way as we put the visuals together. I deconstructed the track and reworked it into a soundtrack to fit this.  It was a dream to work with the legends Christopher Fairbank (Alien 3, The Fifth Element) and Tim Bentinck (The Archers). They both brought a weight and realism to the performance that exceeded Ian’s and my expectations." *TRIGGER WARNING* - The following video contains depictions of death & suicide that some viewers may find disturbing.  Watch & listen to "Survive This" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UdXFVtgls With roots in hip hop, pop and electronica On Man uses these sonic foundations as tools to carve a new space filled with corroded, cinematic left-field pop.  On Man’s eponymous debut album is his graduation point, a record framed by grief, the loss of identity, and the process of rediscovery. Challenging and rewarding in equal measure, it’s a revelatory listen. “It’s all been leading up to this point,” he explains. “I feel completely confident in this project. Before, there’d always been an element of me that was unsure… but not now.”   On Man is out now via Houndstooth and available for order here: https://hth.lnk.to/OnMan Links:  Website Instagram Facebook Twitter