If you love Aussie music, you’ve probably heard that Melbourne crew Vaudeville Smash have a reputation for creating killer music videos and their latest one is no exception.
Titled ‘Richter Scale’ we’ve been hanging to see the final version of this clip ever since the band mentioned it in their Japan tour diary and it doesn’t disappoint.
The clip director Chris Mitchell of Floating World Films told us a little about the video: “Our original concept for the Richter Scale vid was an 80s throwback studio shoot which is pretty much the complete opposite of the final product. When the boys invited me to come on tour to Saporo and Tokyo and film some of the shows, it seemed only logical to take advantage of Tokyo’s amazing aesthetic and conjure up something that encapsulates the frenetic neon pop energy that is ‘Vaudeville Smash’.”
“We had three days to shoot 12 very hectic locations, essentially without permits. Something that would have been very nearly impossible without the cooperation of a band as gun-ho and crazy as the Luchesi bro’s and Marty and James. Among countless misadventures we literally got extorted by Yukuza who almost confiscated our footage, sabotaged by bat shit crazy bipolar call girls and locked into self service love hotels while shooting the video… The whole experience was completely “off the Richter Scale”.”
“Shout outs to JC and Dean from Madam Virtue&Co and Mister Hewitt in Melbourne for styling the boys original Tokyo Wardrobe!”
Check out the wildly beautiful video (and feel the impulsion to buy tickets to Japan) below.
The band will be launching the single tomorrow night at Northcote Social Club with support from The Do Yo Thangs, Lush, Sex On Toast DJ’s – details and tickets at northcotesocialclub.com.
