Kiwi band Fur Patrol: Andrew Bain, Simon Braxton, Julia Deans, and Steve Wells. Photo / David White
Kiwi band Fur Patrol: Andrew Bain, Simon Braxton, Julia Deans, and Steve Wells. Photo / David White
It’s NZ Music Month and the Herald has partnered with NZ On Screen to bring you a music video of a classic New Zealand song every day of the month. Today’s flashback is an anthem for the jilted that topped the charts in 1999.
Today's Music Month Flashback is Lydia by Fur Patrol, from 1999.
Prolific music video director Jonathan King delivers a simple but nicely-executed clip for this evoca-tive song with its great snarling vocal performance from singer Julia Deans.
Although the band act like nothing is wrong and pull off an artfulmime, it soon becomes clear that they have no instruments.
Shot in extremely narrow focus, singer Deans' some-times wistful, sometimes sneering performance matches the brooding tone of the song, which topped the Kiwi charts.
