Candy Says

Oxford lo-fi DIY band Candy Says have unveiled a demo-style video for their upcoming single 'Kiss Kill' set for release on September 30th 2013 through Cool For Cats records.

The video is a fuzzy, pixelated performance, having been created on the now discontinued 80s machine, ZX Spectrum. It features various pixel animations and the band's performance of the track and includes retro synth undertones reminiscent of old computer games that really add to the vintage feel of the song. The four-piece remain genreless as the vocals here have an occasional punk edge to them, before going into an auto-tuned dance style - they may be difficult to categorise, but they're certainly still super catchy and unforgettable.

The single will be released as a limited edition coloured cassette ahead of their 'Space Tour' which will take them across the UK in September and October 2013. The video made its premiere at the D!Halt in Russia during what is known as a 'demoparty'; a gathering of fans of the demoscene which was an 80s subculture of computer programming and gaming. The band are currently working on their debut album in their own 'studio' - a bungalow garage in which they are armed with just two microphones and a Macbook.

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Oxford four piece Candy Says are here with a bizarre, dreamlike video to their upcoming single 'Favourite Flavour' due for release on May 20th 2013 on a limited edition cassette tape.

The video opens with drummer Mike Monaghan eating ice cream on the couch before singer Ju Ju Sophie attacks him with a water pistol and runs away. He lassos her and tethers her to his pushbike, dragging her along. She appears to sprout large feathery wings and flies along with Mike while still attached to the bike. Along their journey through a partially special effect landscape, they are briefly chased by a drum band and encounter people of old-fashioned dressed in what looks like a floating art gallery suspended along the road. It sounds unusual because it is; it's difficult to imagine where this quartet's ideas come from. The song is just as dreamy and artistic, with catchy repetitive lines and a building, beautifully crescendo from the beginning. It's a lo-fi classically pop tune that perfectly encompasses the raw, DIY ethic of this band.

The band; who are Ju Ju , Mike, drummer and vocalist Elisa Zoot and organist Ben Walker; will launch the new single with their label Cool For Cats on May 22nd at Servant Jazz Quarters in London among a handful of other shortly upcoming dates across the UK.

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