Sydney hard rock outfit Black Heart Breakers have released an animalistic and comical new clip for their single Bad Monkey. Donning plastic monkey masks, frontman Hayden starts mellow and then brings the track to full intensity.
The song is filled with stories of frustration and fury, its youthful angst reflective of the act’s influences in AC/DC and The Ramones. In speaking of the clip’s aesthetic the band professed:
“We wanted the film clip to grasp a sense of surrealism, with a kind of early 2000’s Lynch vibe, kind of like his film Rabbits except with monkey masks and a punked up rock n’ roll tune”
“Everyone has a darker side to them… The part that wants to stay up all night and make terrible decisions”.
This track comes ahead of more new and exciting releases from the band, in preparation for upcoming shows in Melbourne and Sydney. But it seems like the band’s sound is slowly transforming and moving into a darker, more visceral territory.
“Bad Monkey has a meaner edge than our previous releases… We’ve never really been a big ‘riff’ band, so we wanted to try incorporating that”
Everyone needs to face the demons at some point, and it seems like Black Heart Breakers are finally showing us all the animal within. This latest production is dark, funny and emotional all at the same time, the band mananging to capture their own youthful innocence and need for rebellion in one breath.
The boys will be hitting up Melbourne’s Last Chance Rock’n’Roll Bar on November 10th alongside Raised as Wolves, SUDS and Dexler and then Sydney’s Brighton Up Bar on December 21st with supports still to be announced.
