Folly Group return with "Strange Neighbour"

Following their debut EP, Awake And Hungry, on So Young Records, and its follow-up in last year's Human And Kind, "Strange Neighbour" is the first taster from a series of recording sessions that took place earlier this year.

"Louis' verses and choruses are an ode to community as it dematerialises. Urban areas become un-neighbourly as spiraling rents force most people our age to move annually, and that’s if they’re lucky," says vocalist/drummer Sean Harper.

"At the same time, when it was being written, we had a sense that some of the music our peers were making came from a sneering, holier-than-thou place, voyeuristically skewing strangers’ perspectives to misrepresent another point of view and make their own more righteous. So, "Strange Neighbour" is about recognising your own strangeness and that of your neighbours, because when two people from opposing walks of life meet, who’s normal?”

The track is accompanied by a video directed by CLUMP Collective, who discuss the inspiration behind creating the video, as face-paced and "a bit silly".

"The concept was born after coming across James Rooney's unnerving creations, then drawing influence from How To Get Ahead In Advertising and the films of Edgar Wright to flesh out the look and narrative. Everyone on the shoot was a joy to work with, and we were really keen to get Gabby Hillman in again (who we worked with on Do Nothing's "Amoeba") with some more fleshy prosthetics. She did an incredible job on Louis, everyone on set reacting with a mix of repulsion and amusement - a tone we'd love to hit with this video. We couldn't be happier with it!"