New Swahili Blonde music video, Purple Ink
In anticipation of the project’s second album, Psycho Tropical Ballet Pink, the happy tribe of Swahili Blonde teamed up with the director Burke Roberts to create another dizzy video for the song Purple Ink.
Los Angeles times have covered this and added their own commentary:
You know that piece of commencement advice so frequently passed on to high-school graduates — say yes to everything? That’s essentially the M.O. of “Purple Ink,” the new single from the L.A. afro-dub-postpunk, etc. entity Swahili Blonde, fronted by Nicole Turley and a large cast of collaborators (including Turley’s husband and label co-owner, ex-Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante). It’s off the band’s forthcoming second album, “Psycho Tropical Ballet Pink,” and there are Saharan desert blues licks that barely snag onto the backbeat; smatterings of filtered-out percussion that could come from the Caribbean in the distant future or from bombed-out East Berlin in the ’80s; and enough reverb to drown midsize animals.
SWAHILI BLONDE ‘Purple Ink’ Music Video from Burke Roberts on Vimeo.
So, the video is there for everyone to see. Of course, pay attention to the awesome guitar on the song, that’s what we’re here for, guys.
