The video for 'Hearts Like Ours', the latest single from The Naked and Famous, premiered on VEVO at midnight last night.
The band's new album 'In Rolling Waves' is due for release via Fiction Records (Universal) on September 16th, 2013.
With their triumphant return to the airwaves last week, The Naked And Famous headed straight to #1 on Hype Machine following Zane Lowe's debut of 'Hearts Like Ours' as his “Hottest Record in the World”. The song clocked up over 150,000 Soundcloud plays in its first day online.
'Hearts Like Ours' was directed by Campbell Hooper in Los Angeles and New Zealand. Imagine a modern fashion film dragged through the mind of David Lynch, a hive of haunting imagery, of fleeting familiarity dotted amongst strange obscurity. The video is as unique and arresting as the previous collaborations between these two artists.
Since 2009 Campbell Hooper has created eight films for The Naked And Famous with his partner Joel Kefali. Working from their Special Problems (http://specialproblems.com) design studio, the duo had also created all the band's artwork to date.
For 'In Rolling Waves' Joel Kefali has created some beautiful album artwork with a series of flowers at its core - the album cover features a deconstructed Ananome. “The record feels large, expansive and eternal. I wanted to convey this through an object that is physically small but feels large…” said Kefali. Special edition releases will include heavy weight vinyl and limited edition CD release in a clam shell box with 12 art cards. Singles 'Young Blood' and 'Punching In A Dream' from the band's debut 'Passive Me, Aggressive You' were helped to more than 35 million views on YouTube and Vevo by films made by Special Problems. Agencies also fell into The Naked And Famous slipstream, and their music became the go-to soundtrack for gaming, Hollywood and TV shows mining a zeitgeist of young and interesting.
'In Rolling Waves' Tracklist: A Stillness Hearts Like Ours Waltz Rolling Waves The Mess Grow Old Golden Girl I Kill Giants What We Want We Are Leaving To Move With Purpose A Small Reunion
