Rising Australian Duo No Mono Shares Video for Debut Track 'Butterflies'
By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 07, 2017
Rising Australian duo No Mono returns with the video for their debut track, "Butterflies." The video premieres on Variance Magazine, who calls the song "spellbinding"-watch and share it here. Directed by Australian filmmaker Shaun Garland, the video features an emotionally exposed, single-take clip of performance art from project vocalist Tom Snowdon.
"Butterflies," which peaked at #2 on Spotify Australia's Viral Chart, is written about the concept of persistent, living fear. Purposefully intense in its nature with pulsing synth and minimal percussion, the track, like much of the music No Mono has been working on, is dark but transcendent, invoking a sense of great hope.
The song takes on a physical dimension with its video. Like the music, the video plays with few, yet potent elements, striking in its simplicity and bold in its aims. Filmed in a black void-like space, the video subtly references works, such as "Under The Skin" and "Stranger Things," which show no real allusion to the normal world, but use similar landscapes to depict psychological hauntings. Snowdon shares, "There's something about space and the otherworldly I'm really fascinated by. No Mono definitely explores that in its music. For me, maybe it comes from growing up in the middle of the country in Alice Springs with nothing around, just space and lots of freedom."
The seemingly simple clip was shot in a way to draw the viewer into the world of No Mono with an honest and raw take on their music. Tom Snowdon speaks of his love for the art, saying, "Dancing has been a part of my life for a long time. My sister, Frankie, is a professional dancer and has inspired me from when I used to copy her as a kid. I did it for a few years until early high school and then stopped, but it's always been an interest and a reference for my music."
No Mono is the special collaboration between two of Australia's brightest artists-the Alice Springs-raised Tom Snowdon and Tom Iansek. The pairing began in 2014, when a connection was sparked by the now-hibernated #1 Dads project, which bore witness to two collaborations between Snowdon and Iansek: "Return To" and a cover of FKA Twigs' "Two Weeks." The songs left a lasting impression on Snowdon and Iansek, and it's taken until now for new music to surface in what is a collaboration of the minds.
Photo credit: Katrin Koenning
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