Spector share video for ‘Catch You On The Way Back In’

Spector have shared the video for new single ‘Catch You On The Way Back In’, watch here.

The video comes in the wake of the band announcing Now Or Whenever, their first official studio album in six years. Now Or Whenever is the long awaited third full length release from the cult band. The album follows the critically acclaimed Enjoy It While It Lasts (2012), Moth Boys (2015) and EP compilation Non-Fiction (2020), records which built a culture around the group and accrued them a fiercely loyal fan base, making Spector one of Britain’s most-loved alternative outfits.

‘Catch You On The Way Back’ is the first insight into the record, which is due out Ocotber 1st via Mothg Noise. The single is Spector at their very best – as urgent vocals and mammoth instrumentation combine to form an instant classic, a track that somehow manages to encapsulate every part of the band’s story so far while also looking to the future. Today see’s the band drop a frantic, life affirming visual that effortlessly aligns with the urgent nature of the track, it is available to watch here.

Speaking about ‘Catch You On The Way Back In’, Fred Macpherson said: “Catch You on the Way Back In’ is a 160bpm bon voyage: An “until next time” for when you don’t know how long the next time might be. It’s music for closing and music for opening, and strangely both the first track we started for the album and the last before we didn’t see each other in the flesh for six months. It’s more of a drinking song than a thinking song, so it will probably make most sense when we’re all allowed in the same room again.”

Speaking about the video, director Callum Lloyd-Jones said: “The inspiration came from wanting to recreate memories from a drunk night out, trying to piece together what happened and only recalling the random flashes that your brain records when you’ve had far too many.

The video was created by using the single frame function on a super 8 camera and is effectively just a series of photos smashed together from a rainy night in East London. Most videos are shot at around 24 frames per second, which is why you get that smooth motion. This is shot at around 1 or 2 frames per second, hence why the movement is so erratic and aimless.

We combined this with 16mm footage of a couple to give us our fleeting memories that cut through the blur of the night, making something that feels random and chaotic yet relatable to any night dangerously mixing drinks.”