New Zealand band Mild Orange shares “F.E.A.R.” music video, pays tribute to the Eric Andre show

Today New Zealand-based internet cult phenoms Mild Orange shares the video for “F.E.A.R.”- the track appears on the band’s third album, Looking For Space, released in Feb.

“The video was directed & produced by Taylor Mansfield and Shyam Patel, along with their awesome crew – with thanks to support from NZ On Air too.

Mild Orange does a performance on Terandara Evening News, and everything that can go wrong does go wrong. But we carry on. I had a mini obsession with the Eric Andre show last year and loved how he destroys his TV studio set before he starts the show. It’s very over the top (warning, it’s certainly not PG). We also had a few live shows last year where we encountered some gremlins on stage, such as amps blowing up, strings breaking, sticks snapping, guitar straps popping off. So this real life scenario coupled with the chaos witnessed in the Eric Andre show gave me this initial concept which Jah and I explored further. This was then fleshed out with Taylor, Shyam, such as including us four band members as the film crew. Terandara is a world that Mild Orange has built for our creations to take place in since our first album – you’ll see it in other videos – so naturally the news station we play at lives there.

A lot of us will have a fear within ourselves that something will go wrong when we do things – for us that can be when performing live. Fear can prevent us from doing things, which in turn can keep us in our comfort zones. I often find that being comfortable doesn’t leave oneself satisfied. It’s when you run toward your fears that you grow. F.E.A.R in my lyrics stands for ‘Forget Everything And Relax’, which then flips the fear on it’s head and embraces it. So much goes wrong for the band in the video, but you just have to carry on and keep on groovin’.

This was the band’s first time acting in one of our videos. We’re looking forward to pursuing acting further. We want to thank the awesome crew involved in making this happen, and thank NZ On Air for helping bring this creation to life.” – Josh Mehrtens

TOUR DATES

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9/14 Madrid, Spain – Sala Caracol
9/17 Paris, France – Point Éphémère
9/20 Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Paradiso
9/21 Zürich, Switzerland – Exil
9/23 Wien, Austria – B72
9/24 Budapest, Hungary – Akvarium
9/26 Warsaw, Poland – Hydrozagadka
9/27 Berlin, Germany – Kantine am Berghain
9/29 København, Denmark – Stengade