PREMIERE: Archer - My Little Sweet Aussie Sweetheart

Fair warning — this one will feel more at home crackling through your record player than on your iPhone or desktop computer. Harkening back to the days gone, Mount Prospect singer/songwriter Archer has revealed his video for My Little Sweet Aussie Sweetheart today, an old-timey, drawling ode to the golden days.

Filmed by Archer himself on a Super 8 camera, he says, "I filmed the footage on a Super 8 camera… I was originally gonna film all the ol’ sweet Aussie sweethearts I could find, but there aren’t many women ‘round these parts at present — I get sidetracked pretty bloody easily and got to thinkin’ that a sheep or a grasshead or a beautiful ol’ gumtree has as much ‘sweetheart’ in ‘em as anythin’ else, so that’s that!"

The song is a cover of Mike O'Malley's classic and was recorded straight to tape by Archer and engineer Alex Bennett (CW Stoneking, unsurprisingly). 

Archer says, "It feels damn good to bring an old fair dinkum forgotten Australian love song out again. It’s a huggin’ your Grandma kind of a song — livin’ and dyin’ music, somethin’ or nothin’ music.'

Archer will soon be setting off on a tour to launch the song, offering free tickets to over-65s and playing nursing homes in every town he stops in.