Written by Hannah Pebbles
2 years after Fatherson released an album, they are back with their second single 'Lost Little Boys', joining their previously released track 'Always' upon their upcoming album 'Open Book' - due for release June 3rd via Easy Life/Sony RED.
The Kilmarnock (Scotland) boys have been busy since signing to Sony last year with work on their new studio album and supporting Prides on their European tour.
'Lost Little Boys' bangs into life on the drums, bass and guitar come in all guns blazing before lead singer Ross Leighton calms everything down, sets the mood and then blasts into the catchy hook.
Leighton is a brave rock singer when his voice is fully exposed in the middle-eight, only accompanied by a muted guitar. It's his voice that I feel brings power to the songs and is one of the band's biggest strengths when combined with the musicianship, lyrical content and toe-tapping rhythms.
The video for this single is one word. Emotional. Let me explain...
The opening scene shows beautiful Scottish landscapes, what I can imagine to be filmed on a drone around the hillside, moving on to a man and female frolicking in the cold Scottish sea. This scene is the first indication of a relationship between them, they look like they are in love and happy and then BOOM. It moves to the same man once kissing his girlfriend to him in his car, pulling up to the side of the road where flowers are left on the ground to mark respects for a girl who had previously been killed there. Yes, you guessed it. His girlfriend. His best friend, looking ... puts his arm around him for comfort as they look down at her picture ... And so it begins...
Continuously changing from flashbacks to present time to paint the scene for the watcher, it quickly hits us how emotional this video is. But things turn sour quickly and we begin to feel a different emotion. We start to see that same man who once put his arm around his best friend in a time of grief looking suspiciously attracted to his best friend's girlfriend in flashback scenes. The plot thickens...
Whilst looking through a box of his girlfriends belongings that she had left behind, he finds her phone. And on her phone he finds messages from his best friend to his girlfriend and it all kicks off. Angrily, he grabs and punches his best friend in the face (rightly so.) He then abandons him and drives off, leaving his best friend to find his own way home through the countryside. Knuckles bleeding and screaming in pain he drives to the hillside and pulls over, stepping out with his urn. Just as he goes to scatter the ashes off the
edge, he stops to remember his girlfriend. Regardless of what he just found out, he still loves her. A powerful moment.
The last scene shows his best friend catching up with him and finding him standing at the edge. He runs up to him, apologises and puts his arm around him. Then, together, now complete in their trio once again, he scatters her ashes over the edge. The symbolism here is stunning; letting go. This scene is arguably the most stunning throughout the video. Shot on a drone overlooking the scattering and passing by, it is nothing short of beautiful.
The video as a whole is a great accompaniment to the song. It's powerful when it needs to be and slows down when the time is right. Watch it here and see for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R39qJpRJz-w
