Union of Knives have just released a new music video on their Instagram IGTV profile. The video is for their recent track featuring Helen Marnie of Ladytron ‘A Tall Tale,’ which released on the 23rd of October and features a psychedelic visual as well as shots featuring Marnie and the band. The song has a very laid back and relaxed electronic vibe and is reminiscent of chill-out artists like Fatboy Slim whilst retaining its own identity.
‘A Tall Tale,’ is the second single released by the band in advance of a full album due to drop before the end of this year. The band announce on their website that ‘new material will be released on all the usual digital platforms and will be available in good old fashioned physical format.’ So far we have seen two music videos from the band accompanying the album’s first two singles, ‘High On Account of 0,’ and ‘A Tall Tale,’ with the rest of the album still to come.
Helen Marnie launched her solo career in 2013 under the artist name Marnie when she released ‘critically lauded,’ album ‘Crystal World,’ and continued in 2017 with her second album ‘Strange Words and Weird Wars.’ Before launching her solo career, Marnie helped found ‘one of the most respected pioneers in electronic music,’ band Ladytron ‘the best of English pop music.’ Receiving such praise from Eno must have been very important for the band since their name is taken from from the title of a song by his band Roxy Music.
Marnie last performed live as a solo act in 2018 at The Hug and Pint in Glasgow and Ladytron last scheduled tour dates for earlier this year. It is likely to be a product of the increased spare time that life under lockdown has given all of us that Marnie has taken to collaborating with bands like Union of Knives for exciting new releases and music videos. ‘A Tall Tale,’ is top of Union of Knives popular tracks list on Spotify with 39,692 plays already in the short time since its release last week.
‘A Tall Tale,’ is topped only in total plays by the band’s previously released songs ‘Opposite Direction,’ and ‘Evil Has Never,’ both of which featured on their 2006 album ‘Violence and Birdsong,’ hand have therefore had an additional 14 years to accumulate plays compared to their latest release which has reached a high number of plays very quickly. It is likely that the cult popularity of Ladytron and Helen Marnie’s resulting pedigree in the electronic music community has led to the quick and positive response to the track, as well as excitement surrounding Union of Knives’ return to music releases after over 1o years of silence.
Union of Knives’ video for ‘A Tall Tale,’ featuring Helen Marnie is available to stream on IGTV now as well as the band’s Youtube channel. The track is also available to stream in audio only form on leading platforms Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Amazon Music.
