The Psychedelic Furs have teamed up with award-winning filmmaker Hans Neleman to produce a music video for their single ‘Wrong Train’.
Taken from the band’s new album Made Of Rain, which became the band’s second highest-charting UK Album, is an eye opening single which explores the theme of a disintegrating relationship and the idea was to deliver something rooted in a more abstract realm rather than illustrating the lyrics literally.
For the video, Neleman drew inspiration from The Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler’s paintings.
Neleman photographed and filmed Richard while painting his face as if he were delivering an art performance.
Frontman Richard Butler said: “‘Wrong Train’ continues the black and white textured, mysterious feel of the previous videos from Made Of Rain.
“It was a pleasure working along with Hans Neleman on this project. The creativity Hans, Peter Sebastian and their team brought shows in every frame.
“Much like in paintings, imagery in this video is altered to where it is seen in an entirely different way.”
Restricted by Covid-19 limitations, the video was shot in Neleman’s home-studio in Connecticut and at Michelson Studios in upstate New York.
After the shoot, the photographic material was handed over and digitally manipulated by Peter Sebastian.
‘Wrong Train’ is the latest song to be lifted from Made Of Rain and turned into a music video, alongside ‘Come All Ye Faithful’, ‘No-One’, ‘Don’t Believe’ and ‘You’ll Be Mine.’
Watch the video below.
The Psychedelic Furs play seven rescheduled UK shows during September and October as part of the European leg of the Made Of Rain Tour. Tickets for all UK shows are available here
The full dates are:
September
27th Bristol O2 Academy
28th Nottingham Rock City
29th Glasgow SWG3 **
October
1st Manchester Academy 2
2nd Liverpool Academy
3rd London Royal Albert Hall *
5th Cambridge Junction **
Supports:
* Jah Wobble & The Invaders of the Heart
** Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls
Featured image by Matthew Reeves
