‘Lil Chief label mate Pikachunes debuts video for “Nervous” by Go! Team director.
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Top: Jonathan Bree and Chelsea Nikkel of Princess Chelsea.
Bottom: Miles McDougall of Pikachunes.
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“The Cigarette Duet” is the first single and video from “Lil’ Golden Book” by Princess Chelsea.
[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/princesschelsea/mp3/princesschelsea-thecigaretteduet.mp3
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“Nervous” is the first single and video from the debut album by Pikachunes.
[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/pikachunes-nervous
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“Absolutely sublime.” – Rolling Stone on Princess Chelsea
“Pop perfection.” – Mix It Up (New Zealand) on Pikachunes
Following up an extended stay in the States, New Zealand-based artists (and ‘Lil Chief Records label mates) Princess Chelsea and Pikachunes have some video news on tap. Jumping up in YouTubes views to nearly 250,000 plays since its American debut is Princess Chelsea’s video for “The Cigarette Duet,” the first single from Lil’ Golden Book, from primarily-solo artist Chelsea Nikkel’s debut album.
The clip was directed by and co-stars Jonathan Bree, a member of Sub Pop band The Brunettes and a proprietor of the ‘Lil Chief Records label. Bree claims he shouldn’t even be credited at director, however, saying, “The Cigarette Duet music video was filmed on a shoestring budget of zero dollars, with no production crew, director or even a tripod. I filmed and edited it, and I'm not a filmmaker,” he joked.
Bree continues, “We were house sitting a swanky property in an Auckland suburb and the idea for the video came to me after looking out at the backyard area and its unusual amount of palm trees, exotic plants, and hot tub. It was all done in one take that take took us six hours to get right. The close-up scene of Chelsea lighting up was filmed later that night.”
Another video with a lot of YouTube love (over a million views) is The Go! Team clip that has come to be known as “the Pac-Man” video.” The video was directed in 2007 by Doug Schachtel and features the famous video game characters running around the streets of New York. Now Schachtel re-visits this theme in his clip for “Nervous” by Miles McDougall aka Pikachunes.
Donning his namesake Pikachu pajamas, McDougall can be seen performing the song at various New York City landmarks to the delight and confusion of many Manhattanites. Some Disney characters even make a surprise appearance and happily accept McDougall as one of their own. “Nervous” is the first single from the self-titled Pikachunes debut album, inspired by and created during some unexpected downtime from McDougall’s Jazz drumming study which was preceded by reconstructive surgery on his arm.
Chelsea Nikkel and Miles McDougall are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Princess Chelsea
Lil’ Golden Book
(Lil’ Chief Records – Out Now)
Track Listing:
01. Machines of Loving Grace
02. Yulia
03. Ice Reign
04. Monkey Eats Bananas
05. Caution Repetitive
07. Too Fast To Live (VIDEO)
08. Overseas
09. Frack
10. Goodnight Little Robot Child
11. Ice Reign (Reprise)
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Princess Chelsea Links
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Pikachunes
S/T
(Lil’ Chief Records – Out Now)
Track Listing:
01. Holiday
02. Just A Boy (VIDEO)
03. Disco Baby
04. New Fiend
06. Tonight
07. Metronome
08. You’re Alright
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Pikachunes Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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