Live Review: Jack Garratt 'Weathered' (Official Video)

BBC 6 Music fave, JACK GARRATT, has executed another near-perfect release with the video for his latest single, ‘Weathered’.

He’s been doing the UK summer festival rounds of late, with an appearance at the musical smorgasbord that is Glasto, and headlining the Arena stage at grown up hippy hang out Latitude. The video for ‘Weathered’ plays up to the midsummer nights vibe, a beautiful, nostalgic, innocent film of youth and discovery shot by director Andrew Donoho on location in the canyons of Georgia.

‘Weathered’ is heart wrenching and uplifting enough when listening, and watching the video only consolidates this. Gentle vocals are murmured over a carefully caressed guitar, which gives way to Jack’s now trademark explosive synths and a powerful, clear voice.

2013’s film The Kings of Summer was clearly an inspiration for Jack’s video clip – three young teens, best friends/brothers, throw caution to the wind and find themselves in the Great Outdoors camping in the woods, having the time of their lives climbing up gorges and dive bombing serene water holes.

The song is both a celebration of youth and a pragmatic reminder of years that will slip by – whether Jack’s saying that it is human love which is temporary or just our attention spans, it’s still a shock when, after the carefree chords building up the song, the closing line says: ‘just as long as you stay…I found a way out’.

Jack Garratt is a real one-man project. He wrote, recorded and co-produced the track himself. His live set up is equally impressive, playing keys, guitar, a drum pad and singing all at once. He loops the piano and bass, knocks around with pre-loaded synth and drums pads – we’ve all seen it before, but Jack somehow imbibes his multi-instrumental set up with a precision and emotionality that we’ve not all seen before.

The single follows on from the James Blake-esque ‘The Love You’re Given’, the arresting ‘Chemical’ and the gripping ‘Worry’. This latest single may well be Jack’s biggest yet. By biggest, I suppose I mean the most complete. It’s certainly got that expansive and emotive scope underpinned by poppy beats and strings that will make for a successful chart cross over. The debut album isn’t released until early 2016, so his label is really going for a lot of exposure. No bother though when the singles that Jack’s putting out are as consistently thoughtful, novel and catchy as this.

Words by Katie Rowley

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SEE ALSO:

JACK GARRATT 'THE LOVE YOU'RE GIVEN'

JACK GARRATT 'CHEMICAL' (OFFICIAL VIDEO)