Birthmarks release new music video for ‘Charcoal’

BIRTHMARKS have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Charcoal, is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album …And Then The Rain Stopped which is scheduled to be released in October.

Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, vocalist Daniel Cross says, “Charcoal is an introspective look on dealing with the act of separation. It’s the realisation that some situations are beyond repair and the growth involved to move on is painful for both sides but necessary. It’s about how any action that you take at that time can feel like you’re hurting the other person and the guilt that follows given that they’ve been the centre of your world for such a long time. It’s about the facts you wish were fiction.

For the video, we wanted to look at change and specifically 2016. I think that it’s fair to say that 2016 was such a strange year for pop culture as a whole given the number of public figures who passed away. It was relentless but created a strange atmosphere of empathy and collective mourning. With the video for Charcoal, we wanted to pay homage to the life of an entity and celebrate how we can connect through pop culture, whether that be through our collective loss or celebrating the powerful impact that they had…”

Watch the official music video for Charcoal here:

…And Then The Rain Stopped is co-produced by the band’s vocalist Daniel Cross and engineer/collaborator Lorenzo De Feo. The album was recorded at The Garage Studios, Hertfordshire and mastered by John Davies (GORILLAZ, JOY DIVISION, SAVAGES) at Metropolis Studios. Dark, seductive, treacherous and clever, …And Then The Rain Stopped is a masterful collection of tales themed around time, sex and obsession with a hefty dose of loss, regret and abandon, perfectly soundtracked by BIRTHMARKS’ unique genre-bending take on discord and electronica. The writing for the album coincided with the breakdown of an 8-year relationship, with Cross re-writing the majority of his lyrics and continually editing right up until the day he recorded vocals for the record.

…And Then The Rain Stopped is set for release on October 18th via self-release.

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