LOCAL punk rock group Trophy Knives have returned with a brand new music video for their single High Horses.
The track is the fourth single taken off the Kuala Lumpur-based quartet's forthcoming sophomore album 'Look the Other Way' which is scheduled for release in April 2022. The music video also emerged on YouTube on Friday (November 26).
According to the band, High Horses takes off where they left off from their previous visual for the single Act 1:The Acknowledgement, serving as a direct sequel to that track.
Produced and directed by Azizulhakim Salleh of Fracas Works, the video clip for High Horses was a collaboration with arts agencies Cendana Malaysia, Penjana, as well as MyCreative Ventures.
The band noted High Horses was shot entirely at The Coliseum Theatre, one of the oldest cinemas in the country that was built in 1920.
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“It’s been a personal dream of mine to shoot a music video in a theatre for over 10 years now, therefore I am beyond excited that we managed to pull this off," the band's frontman Vinesh Muniandy said in a press release.
He said the band initially shelved the idea for the latest music video for over a year due to the lockdown brought about by Covid-19.
However, he said everything aligned perfectly three weeks ago as the director loved the band's pitch.
"We had the amazing people at Lotus Five Star who were kind enough to let use their cinema, our dear friend, Tess Pang who is an actress, was free to shoot some scenes, and we just made it happen," Vinesh said.
"Very early on we decided that this video will have to pick up where Act 1: The Acknowledgement left off, and our director Azizul came up with a really cool concept that complemented the themes of the song."
Vinesh added that High Horses is about checking each other’s privileges, noting the polemics in the country's racial makeup.
"At the end of the day, empathy is the only way forward and ultimately each and every one of us can do so much better to make the world a better place for the less fortunate," Vinesh said.
Trophy Knives' music video for High Horses is now out on Youtube. – The Vibes, November 28, 2021
