Hey Elbow make roller-skating sinister for ‘Rael’ video

Swedish group Hey Elbow always bring an underlying sinister edge to their music, which arrives drenched in new wave influences and great beaming synth parts. On their debut album ‘Every Other’, whenever there’s a flicker of light, out steps a darker sibling, something to counter the flow.

It’s there to see in their video for ‘Rael’, which finds the group rollerskating through a car park and even making maracas look deadly. Director Björn Wahlström has plenty to say about it - his take is very ‘deep’.

“There is no legitimate reason to talk about time when it comes to the revolution. It is ongoing, continuing and without end. What would we be if we reached our goal, what would be left of us. What remains if we eliminate the struggle,” he says (we just wanted to know about the video, mate!).

“Maybe it is better to embrace the eternal longing and instead slowly participate in the extended, but never ending destillation of the world. Like the offspring between Dumas three musketeers and the Herrey Brothers they work in the dark, refusing to give up, and willing to fight if they need to fight. They will probably be the last one of us standing.”

Those roller-skates though! That’s a laugh.

Watch the very good new Hey Elbow video below upcoming dates. ‘Every Other’ is out now on Adrian Recordings.

SEPTEMBER
09 Hamburg, Molotow
10 Berlin, Flux Nau
18 Oslo, Chateau Neuf
19 Stockholm, Debaser Strand

OCTOBER
01 Vienna, Waves
09 Soderhamn, Soderhamns Teater
28 Eskilstuna, Stormvarning