Charlotte Varcoe
A NEW four-piece punk band from Mount Gambier has made its music video debut online.
Formed in November 2020, local band Paste took matters into its own hands recording its first music video in the shed of drummer Jimmy Wallace.
Inspired by the editing style of Vulpeck’s music video Cory Wong, the debut video features all four members performing their new hit Rom Com with the script rolling across the screen.
Vocalist and guitarist Byron Sawley said the band wanted to release its music broadly but had not been able to record its original music.
“We didn’t have the opportunity to get anything properly recorded so we figured that we might as well give it a try ourselves,” Mr Sawley said.
“We only spent about half an hour on filming and maybe a couple of hours on editing and we only really put the video together as a fun little side project.”
He said the video was filmed in a manner which would not be time consuming or complicated with the aim to share the new music.
“The song was written to try and put some words to the kind of feeling where you know everything is going well in a relationship and how you show love to your friends and partners,” Mr Sawley said.
“We do hope to record professionally and start putting together an EP but we are also going to start looking into more live shows and how we can get our name out there even more.”
Throughout the year, the band had featured in a number of live shows held across the Blue Lake city, with Mr Sawley praising local promotor and Higgs Field guitarist Liam Brown on his continued passion for the events.
“Liam has been putting on many live shows, which has been a huge highlight for us,” Mr Sawley said.
“Paste also played at the Mount Gambier Fringe festival which gave us all an excuse to work hard and put together a tight live show.”
Mr Brown said while the COVID-19 pandemic had been challenging for local bands, the community could still support acts through merchandise purchases and attending live shows when possible.
“Times are tough and people cannot always afford that right now but streaming their music or following bands on social media also helps out in a big way,” Mr Brown said.
“Art in Australia has never been needed as much as it is needed now and so throwing support behind a singer at the local football club or the drummer who also fixed your sink, it all helps.”
