Vanity Mirror Announce Debut LP “PUFF” With Advance Video-Single “Dandelion Wish”
Full Length LP PUFF Releases May 12th, 2023 on We Are Busy Bodies
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Stream Vanity Mirror’s New Single Dandelion Wish (April 14)
https://vanitymirrorband.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
Watch the Video Dandelion Wish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOqM9TX854I
Vanity Mirror, dreamy lo-fi bedroom pop via Toronto and Los Angeles, have just announced their highly anticipated debut LP PUFF (due out Spring 2023 on We Are Busy Bodies) with an advance single and video for the song Dandelion Wish. Dandelion Wish features colorful piano riffs and artful backbeats from Vanity Mirror’s Brent Randall (Gentle Brent, Electric Looking Glass) and percussionist Johnny Toomey (The Turns, Electric Looking Glass). Randal describes Dandelion Wish as “a sophisticated bedroom pop ditty for wayward situationships. It's the second single from Vanity Mirror's debut album PUFF; a vulnerable collection of homespun pop experiments. This lo-fi flower-ballad blends soft nylon strumming with sparkling electric jangle; playful mellotron flourishes with an urgent quirksome rhythm section. Catch a ray of sun in your window and whistle along”. Listeners will hear careful nods to The Kinks, Idle Race and The Raspberries delicately weaved into the hook-filled composition.
The music video for Dandelion Wish was made with L.A. based graphic designer/videographer extraordinaire Mat Dunlap and shot on a Sony handycam to get that super lo-fi look. Randal explains, “We always loved the look of Big Bang Baby by the Stone Temple Pilots and wanted something like that. This turned out a little different but still has that vibe. Johnny and I have a great love of fashion and large wardrobes so we planned out all these different monochromatic outfits that matched the little set we made in the photo studio. So as we perform the song our outfits magically change from matching satin pink, velvet green, denim blue etc. I think it’s pretty fun. It kind of comes off as an early 80’s local public television children’s show. It’s kind of odd but it matches our vibe. We shot this again with Mat Dunlap who added some groovy lyrical elements too, so all the kids at home can sing along”.