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Watch: Menace Beach – Tastes Like Medicine

• 29th Jan 2015

Leeds based Menace Beach have just dropped their new video for ‘Tastes Like Medicine’, the current single from their debut album Ratworld. T

he film effortlessly blends live footage and hand-drawn animation to create a unique visual companion to the single and is directed by Tom Hudson of Pulled Apart By Horses, who had the following to say:

“I’ve already done a couple of music videos for them before. When they asked me to produce a video for their new single ‘Tastes Like Medicine’ I thought I would try and combine the two together. Menace Beach came out on the road with my band Pulled Apart By Horses on our last UK tour. I shot all the footage over that tour – catching chunks of their sets / soundchecks & just generally goofing about in the different venues.”

“After ploughing through the footage when I returned home I started to rotoscope and animate over the top of the footage, trying to keep things frantic and spontaneous (even though animation can be pretty painstaking!) I think the trashy footage and playful animations represent the vibe of the track pretty well. My favourite bit is when the drummer, Nestor is chopping up sausages…. sorry mate!”

Menace Beach play Sebright Arms, London tonight as part of their debut UK tour:

29 January – Sebright Arms, London
30 January – Prince Albert, Brighton
01 February – Brudenell, Leeds
12 February – Boston Dome, London (NME Awards Show)