Molotov Jukebox premier their ultra-colourful new video for their life-affirming single 'If I Knew' (taken from their second album Tropical Gypsy, on Pause For Effect Records).
Molotov Jukebox conjure up the heady atmosphere of festivals and fiestas; the carnival and the gypsy camp. Their sound is an intoxicating fusion of Latino-influenced horns, accordion and violin, underpinned by guitar, bass, and drums, fronted by the powerful, passion-filled vocals of Natalia Tena.
Many will recognise Natalia's striking looks, presence, and primal energy from her rôle as the Wildling Osha in the international hit series Game of Thrones; also About a Boy and the Harry Potter films.
Winter may be coming in Westeros, but in the here & now Nat welcomes the coming of Summer: "We're really excited to get our next single 'If I Knew' out during the Summer festival run as we think it encapsulates everything we stand for and that's being able to let loose and lose your inhibition whilst dancing like no-one's watching."
Energy without inhibition is a Molotov Jukebox trademark. Playing live, the band unleashes exhilarating energy, and has worked hard to capture that vitality in the studio recording for the album. Another Molotov Jukebox speciality is drawing from music around the world. Their recent South American tour inspired the band to add samba, Brazilian forró, and Columbian cumbia to the Balkan and Latino influences already in their repertoire.
"The seeds of 'If I Knew' came about as I was singing to myself loudly to rid myself of regrets at 4 a.m. cycling back from my friend's house," explains Natalia.
"Two thoughts then developed it. One: Nietzsche's theory of living life with eternal recurrence in mind, so living your life as if you would be happy to go through it eternally, again and again. Two: this Jamaican matron that helped a silly seventeen-year-old me, on her birthday, pissed and sobbing, wearing only mermaid shells as a bra in November, after being dumped for the first time outside Clapham South Station. She gripped me in her large arms and momentarily made it all so much better. She inspired the character in the song, reassuring a younger woman that nothing is as bad as it seems in the moment, and not to waste your youth."
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Molotov Jukebox are: Natalia Tena – Lead Vocals / Accordion Sam Apley – Vocals / Violin Adam Burke – Guitar Tom Wilson – Bass Angus Moncrieff - Trumpet Rami Sherrington - Drums
Molotov Jukebox Tour Dates
25/06 Madrid Music City, Madrid - Spain 30/06 Blissfields, nr. Winchester - HEADLINE 09/07 Boondocks Festival, Wiltshire - HEADLINE 15/07 Parco Tittoni, Desio (nr. Milan) - Italy - HEADLINE 16/07 The River Festival, Arezzo, Tuscany - Italy 22/07 Fiesta Bombarda, Prince of Wales, Brixton - London - HEADLINE 23/07 Secret Garden Party, Huntingdon - MAIN STAGE 29/07 Kendal Calling, Kendal - MAIN STAGE 06/08 Lott Festiva, Raversbeuren - Germany 12/08 Lakefest, Eastnor, Herefordshire 13/08 BoomTown, nr. Winchester - MAIN STAGE 14/08 Elftopia, nr. ghent - Belgium - HEADLINE 01/09 Respublica Festival, Kamenetz-Podolsky, Ukraine - HEADLINE 03/09 Lindisfarne, Holy Island (North East) - HEADLINE 04/09 Lodestar, Cambridgeshire
