Guillemots - The Basket

The Basket is the first single from the forthcoming third Guillemots album 'Walk The River' due out on April 18th.

Here are some words from Fyfe about the video:

"This is a song called "The Basket" which is the first single from our new album "Walk the River". We all got very excited about a fuzzy riff our guitarist Magrao started playing one day and the song came out of that. I think in some way it's about a mania within, caused by something external, and the conflict over whether to embrace this thing or just ignore it and crawl away into familiar comforts. It's the most full-on, lively song on our record, and we wanted the video to throw you around as you watched it, to be full of colour and movement and a sense of constant unexpectedness. Tom Kingsley's treatment, set in an alien woodland, really had the sense of other-worldliness that we kept feeling while making the whole album. Tom is also a Jedi, and taught us how to propel ourselves through the air at high speed for the opening scenes, using just a pack of 9V batteries and a mental technique called "croaking". "

Official website: http://www.guillemots.com
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Limited Free Download of Walk The River available at: http://walktheriver.heroku.com/

Watch the video for album track Walk The River here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yef2PF2AteU

The third Guillemots album Walk The River is released on April 18th.

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/walk-the-river/id428301852
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HMV: http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/v-v/110323104343

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[seasider1962]

This is amazing, and walk the river is the best song i've heard in years. Huge test for the Mercury Prize, will it continue dumbing down, or give it to Guillemots, there won't be a better album this year, end of

[childreninneed2010]

Amazing! Search 'The Mischiefs - Dont Go To Work'

[sleepy7351]

what is this song about?

[newwavedave67]

Awesome Sauce!

[jackjude]

@seasider1962 dumbing down? ...this is straight ahead soundalike of M83's "Don't Save Us..."

[murdenis]

How good is this band.....time and time again, just BRILLIANT.

[seasider1962]

@the yttelescope xx album was ok at best, and a populist decision, the nominations were all over the place, quality bands like foals and biffy got nominated for their worst albums, but at least Dullford and Scum didnt win it. Delphic, Fenech-Soler, Hot Chip wre all better than XX without even thinking hard on the subject

[lilfunker86]

forgot how hot the bassist is

[Thanksandy]

@adyseven1 nothing is totally original now, so there will always be inspiration from other bands or artists i.e. Coldplay from U2, Lady Gaga from Madonna, Oasis from The Beatles, Lenny Kravitz from Jimi Hendrix etc ...

[Xubelo]

@dirkbogarde44 - I seriously can't believe you're 42