The Los Angeles natives Warpaint have released a new track titled; “Stevie”, which is paired with a strange and immersive new video that completes the beautifully romantic piece. The song is the second example of what’s to come from the band’s upcoming fourth album Radiate Like This (due to arrive on 6th May 2022).
Warpaint described the idea which was central to the song, saying; “Stevie is a love song, pure and true. Sincere as it comes with a little bit of Freak. A cosmic celebration of the thing we all look for in life. And our contribution to one of the most beloved song genres.”
Describing the new video which explores fractal, kaleidoscopic imagery, Warpaint said;“Stevie is a love song, pure and true,” the band says. “Sincere as it comes with a little bit of Freak. A cosmic celebration of the thing we all look for in life. And our contribution to one of the most beloved song genres.”.
The innovative new video was created alongside the creative art collective named; Fascinated By Everything. With specific respects paid to director Chris Holmes, the band described the process saying; “Thinking of visuals for ‘Stevie’ we weren’t seeing a story or a performance, but a kind of ‘Tunnel Of Love’ image kept coming to my head, more like waves of serotonin, what love feels like, Right around that time Chris showed us what he was working on and it was like, ‘Woah, this is way more ‘Tunnel Of Love’ than we could’ve imagined!”
With striking graphics of bizarre entities and colourful shapes, the band went on to say; “All of the visuals are made from physical objects, so all of the light color and texture come from the real world and not just computer-generated graphics”. Holmes added; “It’s been such a joy to work with one of my favorite bands, Warpaint and collaborate to make some inter-dimensional kaleidoscopic beauty to radiate some love and light into this world.”
After a full six years since their critically-acclaimed album Heads Up, Warpaint have taken the valuable time from busy lives occupied by motherhood and stable jobs to generate the forthcoming album Radiate Like This, having worked both remotely and independently after the covid-19 pandemic to develop layer-by-layer, a wholly new album in their own time, resulting in a new body of work for fans to roll back the years and reignite their love for such an amazing group of artists.
Warpaint will be completing a run of UK and European tour dates. Tickets for which can be found here. The UK tour dates can be found down below:
11/05/2022- O2 Academy-Bristol, UK
12/05- Albert Hall- Manchester, UK
13/05- SWG3 Galvanisers- Glasgow, UK
14/05- National Stadium- Dublin, UK
17/05- De La Warr Pavillion- Bexhill, UK
18/05- The Roundhouse- London, UK
