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Between Mockingbirds release video for ‘Do You?’
Between Mockingbirds have released a trippy music video for their latest download track, Do You?. It premiered on Gigslutz, who described it as "..a hard-faced track from a band of the future".
You can watch the video on Between Mockingbirds' YouTube channel.
The track premiered on Artrocker and you can download and stream it for free via the ABoF SoundCloud page.
Do You blends 90s American college rock and a heavy dose of politics with the band being inspired by 2014’s Scottish Referendum. Although the band are influenced by heavy rock acts like Queens of the Stone Age, the track has a definite 90s feel about it, reminiscent of hazy US college days in the sun, but this has a definite modern feel taking the best of those halcyon days and combining them with an edgier flavour - think Dinosaur Jr. meets Cloud Nothings.
With the referendum having a huge effect on the whole of Scotland, Do You’s lyrics are told from the perspective of a ‘Yes’ voter. The feeling of excitement around the Yes Campaign was incredible but with the No result, many were left feeling dejected, disappointed and disaffected. It’s no surprise that Scotland’s creatives have been inspired to voice their anger and frustration and Between Mockingbirds display this perfectly as guitarist / singer Michael Davitt sings: “Why ask for change and expect to be the same, do you look around yourself at all?”