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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 4 AUGUST 2019 7 CULTURE MUSIC dated that the message of the song was important and that the video had to be made. We'll let you watch the video and make your own interpreta- tions, but we will say that listening to the lyrics adds a lot of context. Plus, we had been wanting to work with Fran and Jack for ages. They did an incredible job on previous videos (Big Love - Bark Bark Disco and Can- dy - Fuzzhoneys) and we knew they were the people we wanted to col- laborate with on Microcosm. How involved were you in the process of crafting the music video itself, and what do you make of the final result? We wanted Fran and Jack to make the Microcosm video their own. While we had lots of discussions with them to talk about the context of the song, we were happy to let them explore their own vision for the mu- sic video. The story-boarding is all theirs. We were on set as often as we could be during the filming itself, alongside a fantastic crew that we simply cannot thank enough. We couldn't be happier with the video. From the start we unanimously agreed that Microcosm would be a bold statement, but we didn't want it to be too obvious, edgy or in-your-face. Fran and Jack really captured the spirit of the song, and Brandon did an incredible job of internalising the character of Pastor Benito. It is the kind of video that you might want to watch more than once to really get, which kind of was our intention. So, now that Microcosm is out in the world, what can we, in fact, expect from future material from Eyes to Argus? Actually, you can find the answer to that by coming to any of our shows. We're in the process of finalising the songwriting for our second album and we've been testing the waters with a few of the songs by playing them live. Of course, no song is ever truly finished until it is recorded, so we're looking forward for this new material to really take life. If you enjoy the sounds you've come to expect from us, then we think you'll like our new songs as well. The grooves have gotten groovier and the atmospheres have become more at- mospheric – and the songs feel like they are from a different era to VEER. Hopefully, the album will come out sometime in 2020. We'll be keeping a bit hush about it until then. The video for Microcosm can be seen on YouTube: https://www.you- tube.com/watch?v=DQ99ED1dR1o microcosm "What we liked about working on a stand-alone single is that it gave us the chance to explore sounds and themes that wouldn't really work on an album" "We have adopted an approach where sounds and genres are more of a means to an end" Eyes to Argus

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