Ahead of its release next week (16 March), Melbourne indie rockers Shiva And The Hazards have shared the 'spellbinding' video for their latest single 'East India Empress' with scenestr to premiere exclusively today.
With the clip featuring vintage Bollywood footage, 'East India Empress' is the first taste of Shiva And The Hazards’ debut EP 'Future Cult Classics', set for release 6 April.
The track features driving percussion and a constant, rhythmic vocal; almost as hypnotic as the dancing lady featured in the clip.
"The concept behind the clip was basically, let's do something that really works with the song; simple, but mesmerising at the same time," drummer Leigh Baines says.
Speaking about the track, Leigh enthuses: “We got this song together in Melbourne a while back. Then after a soft mix at our friends studio in Mornington, it actually ended up sounding quite good as is. It sounded very organic.
"It wasn't until we sent 'East India Empress' to Chris Potter (The Verve) who replied and said he would be interested in producing the track. Essentially, we had the core of the track I guess.
"We just needed someone to bring it to life. We flew over, recorded in his amazing studio in London and came out pretty, bloody happy.”
