UNDO – Paint Me: Video Premiere

Watch the video for UNDO's new track Paint Me

Video by Music Team | 13 Feb 2017

UNDO are a four-piece from Glasgow who combine post-punk-influenced drums, intelligent basslines and hook-laden, destructive guitars with introspective, multi-layered and thoughtful lyrics.

Having only formed in 2016, they've already got quite a lot under their belts – thus far UNDO have clocked up appearances alongside the likes of Nothing and performed at Glasgow's Stag & Dagger festival, as well as touring the UK with Adore//repel. They released their debut single as a split 7" with Jutland Songs in August of last year and they're set to self-release their self-titled debut album on 24 Feb.

That brings us nicely onto new track Paint Me, taken from the upcoming album. As singer and guitarist Iain Bethel tells The Skinny: “The song is by far our favorite on the record; it’s a positive (for once) composition about individuality, being carefree and hoping you are being your best self for people. I guess it’s a punk rock song soaked in reverb and chorus.

With the video filmed in UNDO's practice space, Bethel cites John Hughes movies and bands like The Cure and The Psychdedelic Furs as inspiration, hoping to create an “80s romantic vibe.” Of the video's imagery, he explains: “The use of roses is a direct link to the lyrics – 'Paint roses in my wounds / Paint me in bloom'. It also had to capture the energy of how we play live which it definitely does.

“We are 100% useless at coming up with video concepts,” he continues, “so having Ally Scott [Wraith Media] there was hell of a help. It certainly beat Joe, our drummer’s idea of having us kick him in for three minutes.”


UNDO's self-titled debut is released on 24 Feb. Catch them live on the following dates:

24 Feb – The Hug & Pint, Glasgow
25 Feb – Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
26 Feb – Firefly, Dundee
3 Mar – Fallow Cafe, Manchester
4 Mar – Byram Arcade, Huddersfield

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