Cave Song

"Cave song" is the Ep released from Pretty Vicious; a small band from Wales who are up and coming through the ranks. The song is a diverse crunchy punk sound with heavy inspiration from bands such as the Sex Pistols alongside Oasis and The Arctic Monkeys. The video displays the grind of life in the working class. This is shown through quick cutting scenes of teenagers running about on council estates, breaking into private property and setting off flares in a skate park. Alongside these scenes, the band are heavily features as the are the main focal point of the video. The band appear to the audience to be playing in an abandoned warehouse/building type of place. This reinforces the grind of the working class and not having a lot of money. Shots of the front man on his own separately highlights his importance and vocals in the band. The video does a great job of matching with the lyrics. Scenes of the band putting out and smoking fags linking to the lyric portrays a great affect on the audience, giving a visuality and life to the lyrics on the track. This also links to the children being "children of the streets", giving them purpose and significance to the video. This is further reinforced by the shot of all the band sitting together doing nothing in time with the lyric "days just slowly drag", further giving visualisation to the lyrics on the track. This is a music video that I have found most inspiring as personally I like the way that all the quick cuts and shots give an edgy and pumped up effect to the audience. I also like the location of the video being in an abandoned warehouse type place, similar to the "Pacifier" video I researched previously. This is likely going to be the location of my music video as I like the effect of no one else viewing the band just you individually, giving a more personal message to the viewer/audience. I highly recommend watching this music video.