The Boxer Rebellion (Photo: Live4ever)
The Boxer Rebellion have announced the release of new single ‘The Runner‘, the second to be taken from their brilliant 2011 album ‘The Cold Still‘.
The single is backed with a remix by The Joy Formidable, and comes complete with a brand new video directed by the DarkFibre duo Ishbel Whittaker and Marc Hawker, who have described how the promo’s inspiration was borne out of The Boxer Rebellion’s strikingly honest lyrics.
“We took the cornerstone idea of honesty and its fragility from the lyrics, and created a narrative that would be both completely surprising and utterly compelling,” said co-director Ishbel Whittaker.
“We wanted to make something that was playful and naughty, but also profound, raw and honest. We compressed 24 hours of a drunken rollercoaster of highs and lows, passion and heartache, into 4 minutes.”
“We explore a frenzied relationship, and presented the viewer with something that might be seen at first glance as controversial or sensational, but break through this…. break through the fashionista styling, photo-shoot imagery, the beauty, the sexuality, the crazy night out… and try and find an intimate humanity that is shockingly real. We cast Hannah May and Andrea Chovanova to star. The fact that it’s two girls shouldn’t be an issue. We say “why not?” love is love…”
Released back in March, ‘The Cold Still’ matched the confidence and sonic ease of previous album ‘Union‘, and remains one of this year’s stand-out releases.