The Flies exclusive video of Ruby Tuesday....
'We got the idea to record Ruby Tuesday when Tim (Norfolk), after listening to The Stones version the night before, suggested that the lyrics of the song would compliment a slower, more melancholic backing track. We all immediately saw the potential of this and began recording it. Literally, by the end of the evening we had recorded and mixed the entire track. We then applied the same 'let's do it in one night' approach to the video which was the first video that we shot ourselves. The video was shot at Christchurch Studios in Bristol, where all our music is recorded. As with most of the videos we have made, we directed, lit, filmed and edited it ourselves. We use one camera and one or two lights. We like to shoot and edit the same day, keeping an immediacy and simplicity. Shooting into the light gives the videos an aesthetic that we like.''
The Flies released their new single, ‘One Day My Baby Will Leave You’, on 24th March on Library Music Recordings. It’s a darkly beautiful, emotive song and the first to be taken from the band’s forthcoming second album ‘Pleasure Yourself’, due for release in late spring. The B side is the tender ‘One Less Heart Beats’
The Flies formed in Bristol in a very loose and incremental way, when production team and Emmy Award winning soundtrack composers The Insects (Bob Locke and Tim Norfolk) joined forces with vocalist/musician Sean Cook. Sean had been a key player in Spiritualized (notably on their seminal record 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space') as well as the band Lupine Howl.
They released their first album 'All Too Human’ in 2007 to great critical acclaim, having many songs synced to film and adverts. Three singles were released, including 'High', featuring a video by Julian Temple.
For their second album The Flies worked with Andy Spaceland, a producer and musical collaborator who had worked with both Sean and The Insects with his previous band Alpha - and drummer Damon Reece who was also in Spiritualized and Lupine Howl.
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