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Arrows Of Love – The Knife

• 14th May 2013

Arrows of Love have released the brand new video for their new, epic single ‘The Knife’ today. The single is scheduled for release via 7” on Urban Fox Records on June 3rd.

Filmed and directed in various churches by Dazed & Confused videographer Katia Ganfield, ‘The Knife’ video almost did not make the cutting room floor due to a plethora of location fails and spooky mishaps as explained here by singer / guitarist Nima Teranchi:

“The video shoot genuinely involved haggling, lying to priests, breaking the law, being chased by security guards, and encountering a supernatural scary happening before running for our lives.“

The band’s first idea was to break into an abandoned chapel on a hill, which was owned by a corporation, so they had to sneak in past security guards. The director had been there to check it out, but didn’t mention that she’d got caught by security, lied to them about her deceased grandmother dying there, and ended up being chased by the guards when they cottoned on.

“The first time we went there was to just check it out. We walked up the hill, reached the doors, and a full blown snowstorm came out of nowhere! As we peered into pitch black rooms with a crappy phone light we felt like the stupid people that die at the start of horror films. The next time we visited, in the dead of night. We broke in, crept up right up to the top, and walked along a pitch black corridor until we stopped, heard something, and then there was this irregular banging that grew closer AND CAME STRAIGHT FOR US. “

The entire episode was filmed and the band, scared witless, ran out of there as quickly as possible. There were no lights, no torches, no signs of humans. No one will ever see that footage.

“After a drink to calm our nerves we tried another church, which involved the director lying to a priest about how we were religious students from Goldsmiths making a film about Christianity. He almost rumbled us when it turned out he’d been on that exact course. I generally felt my soul slowly treading towards eternal damnation. The third church was where they filmed Harry Potter – I don’t know how she managed that one for free – at this stage I thought it was best not to ask!”

Produced by singer / guitarist Nima Teranchi alongside co-producer Patrick Constable of Selfish C**T, ‘The Knife’ forms arguably the most suspenseful single lifted from their forthcoming debut album ‘Everything’s Fucked’ that will be released this summer. It’s a delicate, folk-inflected, blood-splattered murder ballad that reveals a band with a tar-black heart. An extremely emotional ride that captivates, regulates and absolutely annihilates on first listen:

“The Knife is a picture of bitterness after an unhealthy relationship,” explains Teranchi. “It’s the feeling of powerlessness and twisted obsession, that leads to a kind of vengefulness, and a story where both main characters are sat in their own worlds thinking the same things – feeling out in the cold while the other one seems fine. That dark ability to open wounds is the only thing they have.”

For the record, ‘The Knife’ was co-engineered by Rory Attwell of Kasms / Test Icicles / Warm Brains and Tim Cedar of Part Chimp. This single, released digitally and on ltd edition 7” was also co-mixed by Richard Warren and mastered from Bob Weston of Shellac for ultimate sound performance.

Catch one of London’s most exciting live acts at the following shows:

16 May – LONDON – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen (w / VuVuvultures DJ set / support from Thrones and Nymph)
17 May – BIRMINGHAM – Adam & Eve (with God Damn)
18 May – BRIGHTON – The Great Escape Festival – The Hope (with Mazes / Wounds)