Hachiku – the musical venture of Anika Ostendorf – has dropped a brand new single, ‘Carry on Swimming’. It’s taken from their sophomore album, The Joys of Being Pure at Coronary heart, which is due February 28 (through Marathon Artists) and consists of the beforehand shared ‘Time Wasted Worrying’ and ‘Inform Your Buddies You Love Them’. Take a look at the brand new track beneath.
‘Carry on Swimming’ options harpist Mary Lattimore in addition to violin and cello from the classical music group The Newmarket Collective. “Throughout the pandemic I used to be attempting to make up my thoughts whether or not I’d be extra profitable swimming from Australia again to Germany or digging a tunnel by the earth – this track is the ensuing love letter to my household again dwelling and everybody I’ve ever missed,” Ostendorf defined. “There’s a sure self-inflicted heartache within the repeated goodbyes and the masochism of selecting to maneuver to the opposite aspect of the world – at all times questioning and worrying, but holding onto the idea that it was for good motive.”
The track’s accompanying video, filmed in Berlin, was directed by Tom Mannion and Caity Moloney. “I actually wished to shoot the video again dwelling in Germany – the semi-bleak concrete structure feels nostalgic to me because it jogs my memory of my youthful self rising up simply exterior of Cologne,” Ostendorf added.
