BARNS COURTNEY UNVEILS VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “GOLDEN DANDELIONS”
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BARNS COURTNEY UNVEILS VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “GOLDEN DANDELIONS”
TAKEN FROM HIS FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM, ATTRACTIONS OF YOUTH, SET TO RELEASE SEPTEMBER 29
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES AT OSHEAGA
“It’s an instant scream-the-lyrics-at-the-top-of-your-lungs classic and we can’t get enough”
- Wonderland
“A tale of love that turns dark, it's rooted in that emphatic, empowered vocal” - CLASH
21 JULY 2017 (Toronto, ON) – Barns Courtney has today revealed the official video for his new single “Golden Dandelions”, taken from the highly-anticipated debut album Attractions Of Youth, out September 29 on Virgin EMI/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The video, which carves out an animated life all of its own, is a glorious cacophony of kaleidoscopic colours and shapes, featuring Barns performing throughout.
Talking about the themes of the video, director Alex Southam (alt-J, Mumford & Sons, Kodaline, Laura Mvula) says; “It’s a play on birth, life, death, rebirth and everything in-between, all spun out with some cosmic psychedelia. Whilst the video has no strict chronology, it is broken down into chapters which act as markers for the various stages. The intent was to oppose quite serious and dark themes with the perceived innocence of mid-century Americana. Plus goldfish and floating baseballs...”
“Golden Dandelions” melds together the life-affirming abandon of The Libertines with the euphoric, percussive drive of Arcade Fire, and marks a huge creative step forward for the UK born, US raised troubadour. Co-produced by Barns while on the road in the US and UK, “Golden Dandelions” was born from the darkness of his artistic struggle, as he vividly paints images of trippy, hyperreal imagery.
Despite having only released a handful of singles, Barns Courtney has already experienced more highs and lows than most artists could wish to encounter in an entire lifetime. His is a story of family turmoil, bad record industry deals, homelessness, serendipitous meetings with movie moguls and sheer talent and hard work winning out against the odds. Barns’ confessional, life-affirming blues and rock ‘n’ roll anthems-in-waiting draw on the breadth of these events, the positives and negatives of his experiences’ baring their scars for all to see.
“Golden Dandelions” follows Barns’ debut singles “Glitter and Gold” and “Fire”. “Glitter & Gold” reached #1 in the UK Spotify Viral Charts in 2016, while it’s follow up “Fire” has to date been streamed more than 13 million times on Spotify and saw Barns perform on Conan O’Brien’s talk show in the US, to rave reviews at SXSW and at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, as well as securing him support slots with the likes of Blur and The Libertines on tour.
In his singular pursuit of creating the perfect rock 'n' roll show, Barns broke his foot in three places while diving off stage in the US earlier in July, meaning his sold out homecoming show at London’s Camden Assembly had to be rescheduled to August 23rd (watch the incident & aftermath here). After a spell on the sidelines, he is set to return for a run of festival dates at Reading & Leeds, Bestival and Osheaga (Monreal).
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