Skynd release new music video for ‘Robert Hansen’

SKYND have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Robert Hansen, is the brand new single from the industrial-tinged true crime-inspired duo and follows on from their previous single, Edmund Kemper, which was released back in June.

Speaking about the new single, SKYND muses, “I was surprised not many people talk about Robert Hansen, the ‘Butcher Baker’. I personally consider him one of the most evil serial killers in American history. He not only had a high victim count, he literally hunted his victims in the woods like wild animals sometimes. I can’t think of any other serial killer who’s done that to the extent that Hansen did. That’s why I had an urge to write about it. The hunting, the run run run seemed logical to use because the mental image I had while writing the song with Father, was a young girl running barefoot though the forest.”

The official video was directed once again by noted film maker PR Brown, who comments, “Robert Hansen was a particularly twisted monster. For the video we explored an uncomfortable space through the lens of watching a baker at work. His violence was too brutal to show or frankly glorify, so we expressed through yeast and powder. We filmed the forest while it was snowing and it was not lost on any of us just how cold his victims must have been. Alaska must have been a thousand times worse, surviving only on adrenaline as the women were set loose like game. SKYND delivered a haunting portrayal as the voice in their head. This video and the whole process stands out to me as one of the more difficult to shoot but maybe one of the most rewarding in terms of the finished piece. Run, run, run.”

Watch the official music video for Robert Hansen here: 

Alongside the release of the new music video, the band have announced a run of headlining UK shows for November and December this year. Speaking about the tour, the band says, “we brought The Dark Place to the Wurst Vacation Tour with ICE NINE KILLS. Now we invite you to delve deeper, if you dare…”

Tour dates are as follows: 

Tue 28th Nov – BIRMINGHAM Institute 2
Wed 29th Nov – GLASGOW St Luke’s
Thu 30th Nov – MANCHESTER Academy
Fri 1st Dec – LONDON Koko

Like what you heard? Be sure to check out our Introducing feature with the band here!

For more information on SKYND like their official page on Facebook.