WL//WH Video Of The Day FERNANDO’S EYES
Fernando’s Eyes, the solo project of Swedish singer-songwriter Fernando Honorato, best known as the singer and co-founder of the Stockholm Post-punk band Principe Valiente, returns with the new single, “Room On Fire,” paired with a music video directed by Damón Zurawski from audio-visual productions company Future Legends Films.
The track is Fernando’s Eyes first new material since last year’s “Center Of Your World” studio album and the “Bonus Tracks & Remixes” drawn from those sessions, all released via the German independent label Aenaos Records.
Produced by Honorato himself, with co-production and mix by Hans Olsson, “Room On Fire” sets a newfound directness and full-bodied energy, layering programmed drums with live toms he played personally, setting machine-tight rhythm against something more physical that runs through the whole song. A saxophone part by Swedish jazz musician Lina Langendorf cuts through the arrangement without turning ornamental.
In the Swedish musician’s emotionally charged, refined songwriting, organic propulsive grooves join with seductive New Wave suggestions, wash-out Shoegaze textures, and somber Post-Punk undertones to coalesce seamlessly into an interlace of shimmering and shadowy atmospheres, bordering on lush sophisti-pop territory.
An elongated gripping intro, engulfed by a release of binding sadness and blame, combines a driving, clattering and vibrant foundation of urgent, punchy snare patterns and a moody, chugging post-punk bass line with layers of sad yet triumphant wailing guitars and enveloping, forlorn synth drifts, to break down, at a little over a minute, into silence, allowing soft, passionate male vocals, heralded by a solemn martial drum beat, to tremble and take center stage, while resuming the steadfast emotional pace, amidst evocative, poignant, Andy Mackay-like saxophone blows, ready to take action through the heat of inner fire.
The accompanying visuals, created by Damón Zurawski from Future Legends Films, begin in black-and-white as four shadowy silhouettes play the instruments, with the singer waiting in the wings holding a microphone. Then, during the interlude, color slowly appears as the fog in front of white glowing lights dissipates. Behind the shadows, which at first appeared to be 80s-style Robert-Palmer dance girls, is a slew of unexpected individuals, including Swedish jazz musician Lina Langendorf, who jam out with Fernando’s singing, seamlessly in sync with the soundtrack.
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