Alternative singer-songwriter – THOM SOUTHERN today shares the official video for his latest track: “Love Hz”. An artful and atmospheric accompaniment that couples charismatic performance clips with black-and-white shots of Thom travelling by rail between Belfast and Dublin, the wistful new video for “Love Hz” is available to view now BELOW.
Also released today, Thom is delighted to share a nostalgic lyric video custom-made for “Love Hz”. Featuring delicately handwritten notes that feel like a snapshot into an anguished and ardent love letter, they capture the song’s fragile intimacies on another level altogether. Tune in HERE.
“Love Hz” is a one-off release from the enigmatic Belfast songsmith that is Thom Southern. His first new material since his NI Music Prize-nominated first album ‘Plaza’, it’s a song of unadorned and unassuming beauty that tells a tale of a doomed romance. As Southern explains:
“”Love Hz” is the track that started it all with this direction. It’s a simple folk song about the pain of heartache and not only the loss of that person in your life but the loss of who you were when you were with them.”
Written on a visit to see the artist, producer and pal Stevie Scullion (AKA Malojian) in Antrim Town, the pair created “Love Hz” at his home studio back in 2021. Devising its knotty acoustic riffs, spiralling backward guitar licks, and rattling percussive stutters, Thom put the finishing touches to the song in Bangor, NI, earlier this year.
A track that turns a decisive corner from the atmospheric alt/rock leanings of his debut, the laid-back stylistics and loquacious narrative of “Love Hz” are said to hint at a new direction for the songwriter.
“The music I really want to make and have the most fun making is the more lo-fi acoustic stuff… I feel like that’s where I’m at now” he adds.
Deftly joining the dots between the Greenwich village style storytelling of Simon & Garfunkel with the slacker/folk day-dreamings of Kurt Vile or Alex G, by way of Beck’s alt-acoustic expressionism; “Love Hz” is an uncut gem that will ensnare listeners in its fractious tenderness and raw, unfiltered elegance.
Check out the video for ‘Love Hz’ – BELOW:
Thom Southern is an alternative singer-songwriter currently based in Ireland. After a decade of helming various musical projects such as Southern and MMODE, Thom began releasing material under his solo moniker in 2021, where his observant and artful lo-fi creations have begun to find an admiring audience.
Receiving airplay from BBC Radio 1, Radio X, Amazing Radio, and RTE Radio 1, Southern has also seen his music reach new fans across key Spotify playlists including New Music Friday, ‘LoFi Indie’ and ‘Alternative Ireland’.
Drawing comparisons to alternative-folk icons like Duster to Dylan, Sparklehorse to Elliott Smith, his music has been praised by established tastemakers, including XS Noize, Under The Radar, When The Horn Blows, HotPress and Clash, with the latter championing Southern as “a musician with a gilded touch”. In 2022, he released his NI Music Prize-nominated debut solo album, ‘Plaza’, and has charted nearly a million streams to his name.
Having supported fellow alternative spirits like Michael Head and Just Mustard last year, Thom Southern recently played his first live show of the year in Bangor. Standby for further new music and shows to come later in 2023.
Listen to the XS Noize interview with Thom Southern about his debut solo album PLAZA here.
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