aaamusic | On 20, Oct 2010

Last Monday (Oct 11th), The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster released new single, ‘So Long, Goodnight’, the second to be taken from their third album ‘Blood and Fire’ released earlier this year to great acclaim after a six year hiatus. Today, the band premiere the accompanying video online, in a clip directed by Roman Rappak, with footage from Guy McKnight’s family videos, including his parent’s holiday movies from the likes of San Francisco and Tokyo spliced in. Rappak shot the video for previous single, ‘Loves Turns To Hate’, though is better known for his remix work under the Breton Labs banner, having remixed the likes of Temper Trap, Local Natives and Maps & Atlases.

“To me it really reminds me of the whole Beat Generation mentality,” frontman Guy McKnight explains, “and how that filtered down through folk, someone like Bob Dylan, which then transformed into rock music and how that whole beat generation philosophy is basically a strain of proto-punk. ‘So Long, Goodnight’ reminds me of a road movie. It’s definitely an anti-hero ballad.”

A remix of the song, by White Lies, is also available to download for free now from: http://www.musicglue.com/theeightiesmatchboxblinedisaster

Catch the band on tour this month at the following venues:

October
Thursday 21st: Gloucester, Guildhall
Friday 22nd: Manchester, Ritz (Bizarre Ball)
Saturday 23rd: Durham, Live Lounge
Sunday 24th: Hull, The Lamp
Tuesday 26th: Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Wednesday 27th: Bristol, Fleece
Thursday 28th: Portsmouth, Wedgewood rooms
Friday 29th: Exeter, Cavern
Saturday 30th: Wolves, Little Civic
Sunday 31st: London, Heaven

November
Wednesday 3rd: Newport, Six feet under
Thursday 4th: Brighton, Digital

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