WL//WH Video of the Day: AMELIA AND THE HOUSEWIVES “Narcissist”

WL//WH Video of the Day AMELIA AND THE HOUSEWIVES

Formed in May 2024 when Amelia met Lola at a Julie London/Peter & The Test Tube Babies tribute night at the Valley Social Centre and decided to start a band. Amelia & The Housewives, the Brighton, UK-based female-fronted guitar-driven Indie-Pop collective made of Fintan, Jonny, Steve, Amelia, Lola, Tim, and Dan, returns with a video filmed and directed by Orla Fitzpatrick for “Narcissist”, the first single from the long-awaited self-titled debut album “Amelia & The Housewives”, due out October 2nd, via INH Records.

A shimmering piece of summer pop, suffused with a sharp wit and attitude to move body and heart. Even in a heatwave. “Narcissist”, is a short, sharp jangle of drums and guitars, woven beneath the glorious, chiming harmonies of singers Amelia and Lola.

The band has cranked out another bright, fresh and nostalgic sun-kissed summer song, absolutely infectious, this time about a difficult relationship.

Steady mid-tempo rhythms and humming bass pulses fuel sparkling waves of clear-cut, scratchy and jagged, sizzling guitar riffs and cascading tinkling keys, to radiate, scraping yet caressing, resonant shimmery mists against Amelia’s signature lush and vibrant vocals, uplifted by layers of fluffy celestial backups and a soulful chorus, to explain ‘how hard it is going out with a narcissist.’

I remember us writing Narcissist on a long bus trip from Brighton to Eastbourne to visit my Grandparents, on the hottest day of the year. Jonny was in San Francisco where it was raining, I can’t remember where everyone else was or what the weather was doing. We decided not to have a bridge on the song as I rode through Seaford.

The paired visuals, filmed and directed by Orla Fitzpatrick, set a comedic performance by Amelia and Lola, wearing hats and sunglasses from The Lola Store, against a cheerful backdrop, to sync with the colorful vibe of the soundtrack. A strange meal of sugary sweets combines with lyric cards for the wrong song, and a ‘catch the candy’ in the mouth game to break the listener free from serious mind engagements into a spirit of fun and cheer.

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