THE MOONLANDINGZ – a psychedelic collective containing Sheffield’s electronic explorers The Eccentronic Research Council and Fat White Family‘s wicked masterminds, far out frontman Lias Saoudi and mental guitarist Saul Adamczewski – released swinging new single BLACK HANZ a couple of weeks ago, reviewed on this space here. And now here is the video visualizing the band’s scary imagination. It was filmed in Sheffield and directed by Sean Lennon‘s partner Charlotte Kemp Muhl. It shows Lias aka weird John Rockett, a kind of underground punk Batman living in the city’s dirtiest sewer, being laughed at in the streets by so-called normal people. Ugly post Brexit grimness it is. Outsiders need help. Wait, here comes Johnnyyyyyyyyy…
The Moonlandingz will release their debut album Interplanetary Class Classics on 24 March 2017. Pre-order detailshere. The album was recorded with Sean Lennon at his New York studio. It features Ross Orton (drums), Mairead O’Connor (bass), as well as guest appearances from Randy Jones (the Cowboy from, yes, The Village People), Rebecca Taylor from Slow Club, The Human League‘s frontman Phil Oakey and, last but not least, Yoko Ono, who yowls on the LP’s epic closer This Cities Undone. Here’s the full tracklist…
1. Vessels
2. Sweet Saturn Mine
3. Black Hanz
4. I.D.S.
5. The Strangle Of Anna (feat. Rebecca Taylor of Slow Club)
6. Theme From Valhalladale
7. The Rabies Are Back
8. Neuf De Pape
9. Glory Hole (feat Randy Jones from Village People)
10. Lufthanza Man
11. This Cities Undone (feat. Yoko Ono & friends)
