Prism Tats Premieres New "Midnight Mountain" Video
Prism Tats, the sophisticatedly melodic rock and roll creation of South African ex-pat Garett van der Spek, has premiered the engaging and satirical "Midnight Mountain" music video via The Line of Best Fit.
Notes van der Spek of the booze-and-sword-driven clip, "I'm playing the character of Gary V, a self proclaimed superstar and locally infamous Hollywood casualty." http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/prism-tats-says-his-new-video-is-about-becoming-a-hollywood-indie-casualty
The self-titled debut album from Prism Tats is available in stores now. It is the culmination of a creative life spent on the grind, honing instincts and eventually going all-in on a singular dream.
Prism Tats was written and recorded in its entirety by van der Spek, featuring his own extraordinary vocals, guitar, drum machine, and bass synth - the work of a true one-man rock 'n roll machine. He grew up in Durban, South Africa listening to his father’s collection of rock records from the U.K. and U.S.: Beatles, Bowie, Hendrix, Kinks, Sabbath. The unique influence of his homeland burns deeply, too. “My earliest memory of being affected by music was when I was six years old, seeing a man busking by the side of the road,” van der Spek recalls. “His name was Elvis, a self-styled African ‘rock star’ who played a hybrid brand of rock and roll on a homemade guitar. I was hooked.”
The album displays van der Spek’s unusual blend of rock-and-roll chops (reminiscent at times of Spoon’s Britt Daniel), and combines real shades of steam and heat with comparatively-meditative reverb-laden tracks, recalling the ghostly throwback groove-stomp and fuzzy warmth of bands like The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Kills and The Raveonettes.
Other Prism Tats videos:
- "Pacifist Masochist" https://youtu.be/3YKaUni9lzY
- "Death or Fame" https://youtu.be/cAkb6_I8_P4
