WL//WH Premiere: HOLOGRAPH’s Ode to Warren and Ines’ Immigration Journey “Milk & Lemon” (Official Music Video)

WL//WH Premiere HOLOGRAPH

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Started in Cape Town in the Autumn of 2020, Holograph, the Amsterdam-based Post Wave collective led by South African founding members Ines Soutschka (lyrics, vocals, keys) and Warren Fisher (guitar), with the addition of previous bassist Calvin Siderfin and local Dutch musicians Lewis Miller Kerins on drums and Anya Nutt on synths, visualises the recently released single, “Milk & Lemon,” taken from the upcoming EP “Teeth”, via the independent label The Good Times Co, with an Official Music Video by Warren Fisher himself, WL//WH is pleased to premiere.

“Milk & Lemon” is an ode to Warren and my immigration journey: finding one’s feet in a new place, discovering community and friendships that make all the difference, being broke in an expensive city, and making money. It’s about fitting in, and yet not fitting in, it’s about growth and trying to get through, keeping your head high, breathing and trusting. And how amazing it feels when something is achieved, whatever it may be.says Ines Soutschka

“TEETH” defines the band as a force of the underworld. Snaking between New Wave & Post Punk, dancing between Cold Wave & Dark Wave, this quintet is here to claim their crown.

The song pulses on more tensely cathartic post-punk territories with tightly pounding drums, grimy, fuzzed-out bass riffs and evocative shivering synths, to steer a winding, sparkling streak of piercing, angular guitar melodies, achingly resonating around vibrant, controlled, slightly sung female vocals layered with dreamy allure and baritone echoes, palpitating with feelings of wisdom, determination, patience, and growth.

The Official Music Video by Warren Fisher, inspired by the children’s nursery rhyme “The Teddy Bears Picnic”, stars Ines Soutschka as a red clown in a hedge maze, with Anya Nutt, Lewis Miller Kerins and Calvin Siderfin as suit clowns, to sync with the alienation of the soundtrack. The mood is surreal and humorous with skewed camera angles, creative costumes, and quirky dance choreography. At times, a mischievous Joker vibe appears, but despite the smiles beneath the mime face paint, a sense of discomfort at the hands of finding one’s footing in a foreign land can be observed.

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