{"id":97790,"date":"2024-12-13T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T01:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=97790"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:26:07","slug":"video-premiere-give-up-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/video-premiere-give-up-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Premiere: Give Up – Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nostalgia can often bring about happy memories. People like to reminisce about better days gone by, yet as Give Up<\/strong> explores, the idea of nostalgia can be tiresome, leading to a complete and utter distaste for it.<\/p>\n

The Brighton-based quartet released\u00a0‘Nostalgia’<\/em> as part of their ‘Laugh At Myself’\u00a0<\/em>EP in September, and today they’re premiering its video with\u00a0Already Heard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While vocalist Ashwin Bhandari<\/a> proclaims their hate for nostalgia, that hasn’t stopped Give Up<\/strong> from going sentimental for the video. Aided by director Tom Vyas-Middlecoat, who drove six hours from Wales, the video for\u00a0‘Nostalgia’<\/em> was filmed on an original Nintendo Game Boy Camera!<\/p>\n

Give Up<\/strong> started out as a lo-fi acoustic solo project for Bhandari. However, it’s now grown from self-proclaimed\u00a0“blunt, confessional acoustic songs”<\/em> to a breezy mix of indie, shoegaze, and punk. Joined by Matt Johnston on drums, Lucy Roth on bass and Jarred Perez on lead guitar,\u00a0‘Laugh At Myself’\u00a0<\/em>showcases a jangly and energetic set of five songs with\u00a0‘Nostalgia’<\/em> being among its highlights.<\/p>\n

“‘Nostalgia’ is about the frustrations of our generation fixating on memories from our teenage years –\u00a0 knowing that as we get older we will only become more insufferable about it,”<\/em> explains Bhandari. “The majority of visual media that comes out now is mostly a remake\/remaster or reboot that rarely does anything better, and often ruins the legacy of the original. I often think to myself; “what is the point of living past a certain age if all you’re going to do is reminiscent about the past, knowing that you can’t go back there and things will never be the same?”<\/em><\/p>\n

On the unique (but straightforward) idea behind the video for ‘Nostalgia’<\/em>, Ashwin told us “Tom (Vyas-Middlecoat) had wanted to shoot a music video for a band with one for ages, so we figured it was a no-brainer. I’m a big fan of videos that don’t have intricate stories, just homies hanging out and singing along.”<\/em><\/p>\n