Tom Rowlett live with Dexters, 2012 (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)
On September 1st, ‘Cloudfest‘ will become the third single to be taken from Dexters debut album ‘Shimmer Gold‘ – one of Live4ever’s essentials of the year so far.
“We wrote this song last summer after we’d played Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall which is this beautiful festival on top of a cliff over looking the sea,” frontman Tom Rowlett explains.
“We’re all high on life and everything else and got back to the tents and had a jam. The lyrics are “if you don‘t feel inspired, you must be dead inside” just rolled out. It’s a feel-good song about being high on life – who better to get star in the video than Mr Nice! On the way back from the video shoot from Kent we drove back to London. He was pointing out areas nearby he’d hid a stash. Quick as a flash we asked if it’s still there. Quicker than a flash came the reply ‘Long gone, sonny!’”
Dexters have plenty of festival appearances still to come before the summer waves goodbye, including stops at Liverpool Calling, Bingley Music Live and Brownstock in Essex.
They’ll then start a tour of Europe at the Blue Shell in Cologne, Germany on September 29th – that tour brings them to the UK for a lengthy run in November which opens up in Liverpool on the 5th.
