At first, Marika Hackman’s new ‘Animal Fear’ video comes off like conventional, grainy performance footage, only with added Laura Marling (she’s on bass).

What eventually arrives is a bonkers, bloodthirsty clip which sees Hackman morphinfg into a werewolf before eating Marling alive, covering her poor bandmates in gore. It’s a) bonkers and b) amazing.

The song itself is about the darkest, furthest depths of a human being’s imagination and potential, as Hackman told DIY recently.

Marika Hackman’s ‘We Slept At Last’ album is available to pre-order here.

She plays the following UK dates:

MARCH
23 Leicester, The Musician
24 Hull, The Adelphi
25 Stoke-On-Trent, Sugarmill
26 Birmingham, The Rainbow
28 Nottingham, The Bodega
30 Milton Keynes, The Craufurd Arms
31 London, Bush Hall

APRIL
1 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
2 Newcastle, Think Tank
3 York, The Duchess
4 Manchester, Night & Day
5 Glasgow, King Tuts
9 Bristol, Thekla
10 Cardiff, St. John’s Church
11 Aldershot, West End Centre
12 Bedford, Esquires
14 Cambridge, Portland Arms
15 Southampton, Joiners