{"id":9391,"date":"2015-07-22T13:14:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T12:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=9391"},"modified":"2015-07-22T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T12:18:00","slug":"hecta-share-animated-video-for-new-single-the-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=9391","title":{"rendered":"HeCTA share animated video for new single ‘The Concept’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As we mentioned<\/a> last month, Lambchop\u2019s Kurt Wagner and fellow members Scott Martin and Ryan Norris have a new electronic project called HeCTA<\/a>. Inspired by the book Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture 1970\u20131979<\/em> by Tim Lawrence and also by a 78 RPM record Kurt had come across featuring a 45-second monologue about weight loss and performed by the comedian Buddy Hackett, HeCTA wrote their debut album fittingly titled The Diet<\/em>. The effort is due out on September 18th via City Slang<\/a> in Europe and via Merge<\/a> in North America.<\/p>\n

Following the first single \u2018Till Someone Gets Hurt\u2019, the trio have just shared another cut from the album, \u2018The Concept’. It comes with an accompanying video, directed by Chris Shepherd and co-animated by himself and David Shrigley. Speaking about the video,\u00a0 director Chris Shepherd had this say:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I was a kid, my mum wouldn\u2019t let me go out much as it was so crazy where I grew up. I used to watch a lot of old TV. I had one tape of black-and-white Popeye cartoons that I\u2019d watch over and over. I\u2019ve always been really inspired by thirties animation, as there\u2019s no rules and it\u2019s completely surreal. Real-life objects would come to life and start doing crazy stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the video for ‘The Concept’.<\/p>\n