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'Silver’ is the second single from Bond Street Bridge's critically acclaimed debut album 'The Mapmaker's Art.'
The song and the video tell an epic story of folly, adventure, and eventual insanity. A well-dressed but confused-looking young man pushes a mannequin in a post-apocalyptic shopping trolley through a desert populated by dessicated skulls, poisonous snakes, and cantankerous alchemists. With only a deck of cards for guidance, he's searching for a mysterious potion – presumably he'll know it when he sees it. As in most ill-conceived endeavours, things go wrong quite quickly.
The video was shot in lush black and white by Briar March, and directed by Nigel Braddock. Sam Prebble, the one-man multi-instrumentaliser behind the Bond Street Bridge project, wrote the script and provided art direction. He explains 'the logistics of the shoot were a bit of a nightmare, but since it was my idea, I couldn't really complain about
Bond Street Bridge
Bond Street Bridge is the creation of Auckland-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sam Prebble. Sam has been playing music for as long as he can remember, and ‘probably before that as well,’ as he puts it. Bond Street Bridge is currently a solo project, but Sam has always played in bands, orchestras and choirs. For the past few years he has been playing in the Broken Heartbreakers and Reb Fountain’s Bandits, and has recently guested on releases by White Swan Black Swan, Dylan Storey and Andy Gibson, playing fiddle and writing string arrangements. Sam’s experience in bands and orchestras has developed the strong sense for arrangement and orchestration he brings to his debut album, ‘The Mapmaker’s Art.’ Listening to the lush soundscapes and cunningly interleaved parts on this record, it is hard to believe that it was recorded on a laptop with one microphone, in a falling-down villa next to a motorway.
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The debut album from Bond Street Bridge, 'The Mapmaker's Art,' was recorded with one microphone and an old laptop in a falling-down villa next to Auckland's northwestern motorway. The circumstances of the recording had a strong influence on the content of the record; and this is particularly audible on the track 'motorways,' the new single and video from Bond Street Bridge. Most of the songs on 'The Mapmaker's Art' are about ways of traveling, and this song is inspired by the motorway at night, wet from the rain.
'Motorways' is a lush track. The glitchy beats, driving strings, and rolling bass surround a sinister tale of misadventure on the open road, delivered in a hushed an impressionistic vocal. There are bones, there's poison and knives, and the wet road follows powerlines through the mountains to an unspecified destination.
In the video, shot in grainy black and white by Sam
Monkey Records is pleased to announce the release of a summery little gem from Auckland artist Bond Street Bridge. The new song 'Birds' is the first single from Bond Street Bridge's forthcoming sophomore album, due for release in early 2010 following on from the critically acclaimed The Mapmaker's Art released last year.
In this catchy wee number, Bond Street Bridge, aka Sam Prebble, reflects on the mating habits of New Zealand's paradise shelduck, Tadorna variegata. These striking brown-and-white ducks generally mate for life, and pairs are a common sight in open country in New Zealand.
Prebble says 'I spend a lot of time driving around the country for shows and whatnot, and anthropomorphising the wildlife is a good way to pass the time. I have to concede that the birds in this song are probably not really in love, but based on the way
Bond Street Bridge is the creation of Auckland-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sam Prebble. Sam has been playing music for as long as he can remember, and ‘probably before that as well,’ as he puts it. Bond Street Bridge is currently a solo project, but Sam has always played in bands, orchestras and choirs. For the past few years he has been playing in the Broken Heartbreakers and Reb Fountain’s Bandits, and has recently guested on releases by White Swan Black Swan, Dylan Storey and Andy Gibson, playing fiddle and writing string arrangements. Sam’s experience in bands and orchestras has developed the strong sense for arrangement and orchestration he brings to his debut album, ‘The Mapmaker’s Art.’ Listening to the lush soundscapes and cunningly interleaved parts on this record, it is hard to believe that it was recorded on a laptop with one microphone, in
