Comprised of David Michale Shields (drums), Hilary Knott (bass, keys and vocals) and Johnathan Nash (guitar,vocals), Leeds, UK-based indie rock/post-punk trio Cowtown have over the course of three full-length albums have developed a reputation for angular, super caffeinated post-punk that draws from Gang of Four, Devo, Talking Heads and psych rock as you’ll hear on “Motivational Speaker,” the first single off the band’s forthcoming album Paranormal Romance slated for an August 19, 2016 release through Athens, GA-based HHBTM Records in the US and Sheffield, UK-based label Audacious Art Experiment.
Reminiscent of videos made in both the 1960s and early 1990s, the video features stock footage and found footage from old movies fed through kaleidoscopic filters, which gives the video a decidedly surreal feel.
