A few weeks ago, critically acclaimed Aussie singer-songwriter Dan Kelly released the second single from his forthcoming album, GOLDFEELS. With his new album out next week (6 September), Kelly has shared a video premiere for his single Golden Shoes = Country Blues, exclusively with The Music, ahead of its official drop tomorrow.
Golden Shoes = Country Blues is a bright tune anchored by pianos and a groovy beat. The music video for Kelly’s latest track provides the kind of wacky, interesting visuals you’d hope for while listening to the song.
The music video finds Kelly wearing a puffy golden suit, playing guitar and pianos in the dark and colourful effects, bushwalking with a hammer, and jamming along as the song builds and builds, even calling for a guitar solo.
In a press release, Kelly said of the song, “Golden Shoes = Country Blues contains a list of all the things I don’t want to do. The list song has a long history in popular music, going back to the Catalogue Aria of Italian Comic Opera in the 18th century.
“Modern examples would be songs like Paul Simon’s 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Dick Diver’s Head Back, The B-52s’ 52 Girls, and Bob Dylan’s All I Really Wanna Do. Golden Shoes = Country Blues is a song that addresses the peace, isolation and occasional dread of living alone in a small country town. To me, it has a vibe that is similar to that of early Nick Lowe or Joe Jackson. But I’m possibly projecting here!”
You can watch the colourful video for Golden Shoes = Country Blues below.
Kelly, a multiple ARIA and Australian Music Prize Award nominee, is set to release GOLDFEELS next week. The new album was produced and engineered by multi-instrumentalist Dan Luscombe (Courtney Barnett, The Drones, Amyl And The Sniffers) and features some of Australia’s most celebrated musicians.
For GOLDFEELS, Kelly recruited Tropical Fuck Storm’s Erica Dunn and Lauren Hammel, Jess Ribeiro, Amanda Roff (Harmony, Time For Dreams, Don Walker), Ben Woolley, award-winning saxophonist Julien Wilson, Gus Agars (Marlon Williams, Robyn Hitchcock), Peter Luscombe (Paul Kelly, The Black Sorrows) and Tom Lyngcoln (Harmony, Nation Blue).
You can pre-order the album here.
In addition to releasing new music, Dan Kelly is also hitting the road with his band, Regional Crisis, for a run of dates starting in September and going into December. Check out the tour dates below and purchase tickets here.
Dan Kelly & Regional Crisis
GOLDFEELS Australian Album Tour
With Special Guests
Sunday 8 September – Bridge Hotel – Castlemaine, VIC
Friday 8 November – Petersham Bowlo – Petersham, NSW
Saturday 9 November – Howler – Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 16 November – Franks Wild Years – Thirroul, NSW
Sunday 17 November – Smiths Alternative Bookstore – Canberra, ACT
Thursday 21 November – Junkyard – Maitland, NSW
Friday 6 December – Grace Emily – Adelaide, SA
Friday 13 December – It’s Still A Secret – Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 14 December – Eltham Hotel – Eltham, NSW
