Cargo For The Road

When he release his album “Scorched Earth” in 2020, Matt Owens the former bass player for Noah and the Whale had a bit of a Nostradamus moment as the record explores a number of themes that would become inextricably linked to the pandemic. Securing the location of The Forum in Bath, we filmed a set of videos for the album. From the get go we were dead against making any of the videos about Covid, using visuals such as rainbows, masks, clapping etc.. as it would be forever dated and dragged down by that connection. The “lockdown album” is a cliche that is certain to emerge and cliches are not what we do. So the first “Cargo for the Road” is a song that talks about the solitude that a musician can experience with life on the road and missing loved ones back home. I wanted to communicate that feeling of a musician packing their bags by the front door, tuning up in the dressing room and stepping on stage. The spectacle of an abandoned 1,700 capacity concert theatre acts to articulate a feeling of isolation and a loss of connection between people whilst at the same time providing a quiet acknowledgement of the loss of live music and the plight of live venues.