Austin-based producer Roger Sellers – better known under the moniker of Bayonne – recently signed to City Slang and is due to release his debut album Primitives on 4th November. He’s been compared recently to the likes of Panda Bear, Caribou and even Toro Y Moi, and shared his track ‘Spectrolite’ just last month.
Continuing the lead-up to the release of Primitives, Sellers has shared the video for a new track, ‘Appeals.’ He said of the song: “‘Appeals’ was one of the first songs I ever composed using a sample cut completely from an older song. The piano loop at the beginning was cut from a song that I recorded when I was about 17. I liked the way the piano sounded, so I wrote a whole new song around that loop.” The clip has been directed by Zach Stone and captures Sellers’ electronic pop beautifully with crystalline images.
Stone himself commented on the clip: “The visuals for ‘Appeals’ were an experiment in creating the illusion of growing crystals using household objects like ziploc bags, cellophane, and plastic trinkets. We shot a lot of real crystals as well, attempting to blur the line between the organic and artificial materials.” Watch below.
Bayonne is also playing two dates in the UK in October. Details below.
20th October – Shacklewell Arms, London
22nd October – Simple Things, Bristol
