Hooten Tennis Club debut album out now

Following the announcement of the new single, P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E., Hooton Tennis Club reveal the accompanying video, directed by Alden Volney. P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E. is released on Heavenly Recordings on Friday September 4th 2015.

Regarding the concept of the video, Volney explains he wanted to ”try and recreate the look of a cartoon of the late 60s, more particularly, something that Hanna Barbera could have produced at the time opening with your most basic and naive cartoon premise and taking it to weird places”.

Alden goes on to divulge research around the video involved watching “dozens of episodes of Huckleberry Hound and Lippy the Lion”. And regarding the meaning of the video?

“I guess there's something to be said about what the hell actually happens in this video, why it happens and whatever it all means, but it's probably more interesting for people to interpret it the way they want.”

Available on 7” and DL, the single from their forthcoming debut album, Highest Point In Cliff Town, was recorded at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool by Bill Ryder Jones. Featuring the B-side French Crackers, the single follows current 6 Music A listed single, Kathleen Sat On The Arm Of Her Favourite Chair, and continues in a similar woozy hook laden fashion.

Already acclaimed for their own particular take on lo-fi wonky, witty, poetic, pop (think Teenage Fanclub, Guided By Voices, Randy Newman, Big Star, Silver Jews – but birthed in northern English towns in the 21st century) and widely hailed as one of the breakthrough acts at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, the band have announced a run of headline shows in October and November.

Having appeared at the Heavenly 25th weekend at Hebden Bridge in January of this year and more recently supported label mates H.Hawkline and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on a number of dates around the UK, the band are also set to appear at a number of UK festivals over the summer.