Cornish psych-rockers HANTERHIR have unveiled a psychedelic new video ahead of their show at Penzance's Acorn Theatre this Saturday.
'Don't Go' is the second single to be released from the Redruth band's forthcoming album There Is No-One To Trust (Nyns Eus Denvydth Bys Trest), following on from the single 'Honey Bees' which came out last month.
"The video was filmed one evening in a small wood near Falmouth," explains bassist Grant Kellow. "No-one could really see out of the eyeholes on the heads, lots of shouts of 'Lift your left leg higher', 'Duck down', and 'Whose bright idea was this?'. But even Mike [Hewitt, sax] didn’t trip over anything in the end. Big fun making it. All filmed by the band in turn."
"The heads took me a year over lockdown to make!" adds frontman Ben Harris. "Mike was the alien, Grant was the bear, Simon [Howard, guitar] was the devil, Jason [Brown, drums] was the hedgehog, Peasy [guitar] was the moon Lou [Macchi, violin] was the sun and I was the frog."
Formed in 2008, Hanterhir have become one of the biggest bands in the Southwest, playing numerous festivals and sharing stages with the likes of Gang Of Four, Peter Hook & The Light and Flaming Lips. Following the success of previous album The Saving Of Cadan, they featured in a BBC documentary on the resurgence of the Cornish language, headlined London’s Kernow In The City festival and released a double-A-side single featuring covers of Sonic Youth’s ‘Schizophrenia’ and David Bowie’s ‘Dancing Out In Space’ just as Covid lockdown hit. They returned to live action with an appearance at Hawkwind’s Hawkfest last August and are currently lining up gigs and festival dates for later in the year.
Set for release on 27 May through Easy Action on vinyl and CD (with exclusive bonus track), There Is No-One To Trust is available to pre-order here.
Tickets for the Acorn Theatre show are available here.