Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Choir Of Echoes’, Brighton trio Peggy Sue return with their new video for ‘Idle’. Combining smoldering thrums, husky harmonies and some super slinky guitar-work, it’s a song that blends all the smokiest parts of country, blues and rock – and even a little gospel.
“‘Idle’ is about being unemployed and incurably thoughtful,” the band explain. “The opening and closing parts are a kind of troubled gospel song – a prayer for purpose in the knowledge that the purpose will probably not be a ‘good’ one. It’s about impatience and distractions and thinking about things too much. And of course it’s about a boy.”
Set to found-footage of 1920’s dancers, the video is a sexy (and slightly seedy) time-warp. It’s even got a parrot – and a lady dancing on a sombrero. What more could you want?
Catch Peggy Sue live on the dates below:
27th Jan – London, St Pancras Old Church * – SOLD OUT
27th March – Copenhagen, Ideal Bar @VEGA *
28th March – Hamburg, Kulturhaus III & 70 *
30th March – Berlin, Privatclub *
31st March – Munich, Kranhalle *
1st April – Cologne, Blue Shell *
2nd April – Brussels, Botanique (Witloof Bar)
3rd April – Utrecht, Ekko
7th April – Brighton, Green Door Store *
8th April – Coventry, The Tin
9th April – Manchester, Soup Kitchen *
10th April – Glasgow, Broadcast *
11th April – Liverpool, Leaf *
12th April – Sheffield, The Harley *
14th April – Bristol, The Old Bookshop *
15th April – London, Oslo
* – with support from Eyes & No Eyes.