VIDEO PREMIERE: The Settlement - She's Alright

Victorian stompy alt-folk quintet The Settlement recently wrapped up a session at renowned studio The Aviary to lay down their impending debut album, and The Music is stoked to be providing an early taste in the form of the new clip for LP cut She's Alright.

Fuelled by a subtle, growing sense of urgency, the slow ignition of the track soon picks up and opens out into gleeful, fiddle-laden folk-rock revelry that ably sets the tone for the eagerly awaited LP and their upcoming east-coast tour dates.

According to frontman Adrian Calvano, the track was written several months ago as a reflection on "some looser nights and how things have changed".

"It's about the little devil inside everyone that wants to come out and play," Calvano said in a statement. 

"Sometimes we run with the devil and that's fun for a bit, but everything gets flipped upside down when you meet that special person that makes the devil quietly disappear."

The clip itself, directed by Bianca Milani of An Architect Photographed My Undies, sees Calvano taking centre stage as an increasingly debaucherous scene materialises around him, all streamers and booze and unidentified fluids and pig masks of the sort that used to be popular at weird upper-class orgies in the '90s. It's mesmerising stuff, and the fact that it's backed by such a solid tune is just icing on the cake, really.

The band are on the cusp of setting out for an extensive run of shows through Vic, Qld and NSW, kicking off at the Spotted Mallard, in Melbourne, and Wandiligong's Swagger Festival, before taking them to Belgrave, Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Brisbane (two shows), Halls Gap, Newcastle, Sydney and Port Macquarie.

If you're into it, She's Alright is available via iTunes, and you can connect with The Settlement at their Facebook page.

For more information, including a full list of venues, dates and other booking information, see theGuide.