19 July 2019 - 0 Comments

“It’s moody—as in low, subdued,” says David Kilgour of his new album, Bobbie’s A Girl, out September 20. The Clean co-founder announces his expansive album today alongside a Rumur-directed music video for single Smoke You Right Out Of Here.

Rumur’s Michael Galinsky on finding a visual component to Kilgour’s music:

"David noticed some upside-down photos we were working with and asked us to make something in video form. Once we got the song, it sparked a lot of melancholy and movement, and we were drawn to use short pieces captured from all over the world, including a trip to New Zealand a couple summers ago. Oddly, after sending a rough cut to David, he shared older music videos that had some strikingly similar themes and images —so much so that he thought we’d been referencing them. Over the past couple of years, my collaborator Suki Hawley and I have been traveling a bit with our films and were able to grab stuff like a time lapse on the way to Piha beach near Auckland or spontaneous dancing at the Acropolis. We also shot more images close to home, like those in the meadow behind our house that are as current as last week. Somehow it all just fell together in a nice mash-up."

Kilgour’s 11th solo album and first since End Times Undone, Bobbie’s A Girl is indeed a quieter affair than fans may associate with the pioneer of New Zealand indie rock.

“I tended to shy away from too much guitar playing for a point of difference and to mix things up for myself a little,” Kilgour continues.

This looser style set in at the beginning of the Bobbie’s A Girl recording sessions, as he and the Heavy Eights (i.e., longtime collaborators Thomas Bell, Tony de Raad, and Taane Tokona) headed to Port Chalmers Recording Services with producer Tex Houston. “There seemed to be a certain mood running through the tracks, and I decided to stay there for the rest of the LP, to investigate the mood fully,” Kilgour says.

Bobbie’s A Girl will be released world-wide on USA label Merge Records. New Zealand will have an exclusive coloured vinyl, available via Flying Out and at these live shows, because, yes, there is a tour too:

David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights on tour NZ 2019:

Oct 24 Queenstown, NZ – Sherwood
Oct 25 Dunedin, NZ – The Cook
Oct 26 Christchurch, NZ – Blue Smoke
Oct 31 Wellington, NZ – San Fran
Nov 02 Auckland, NZ – Whammy Bar
Nov 03 Auckland, NZ – Whammy Bar

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