Today indie rockers Playwrite are premiering the brand new video for the single ‘Animals Housed’ a stunning tribute to the band’s guitarist Patrick Holcombe’s parents, who sadly lost their lives in the Black Saturday bushfires in Kinglake, VIC.
Holcombe explains the meaning behind the incredibly moving video. “In early 2009 my Mum and Dad passed away in the Black Saturday bushfires in Kinglake. They were trying to defend the house I grew up in, with my brother and sister, nestled on a mountainside in Kinglake National Park.
“It was handmade from mud bricks and heavy recycled Oregon beams and had huge windows that looked out into the forest. Often I remember not being able to get to sleep at night because the wombats were being so noisy outside my bedroom window. It took my father and mother over 25 years to build. After the fire there was nothing left except some crumbling mud bricks and scraps of metal and pottery. I don’t remember much from that year at all, I think I watched a lot of Bruce Willis films.
“During that time Jordan and I started making music together again after a 6 year hiatus (we had played in high school). He gathered a small group of close friends around and we both started writing songs. This song was one of the first I ever wrote for this band. It has been with us since the very beginning. Over the last 5 years we have spent countless nights back up at my property in Kinglake. I planted fruit trees and built a cabin where we hang out and rest, rehearse and write songs and where lately we have recorded the songs which make up our debut album.
“The only place that seemed right to make a video of this song was back up at Kinglake with the people who have supported us and our music since the very beginning. So we threw a party, with our friends and we filmed it. This video is a celebration of how far we have come, how far we have to go and not a single bit of this could have been done without you.”
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