Frank Carter unleashes gloriously warped video & announces Kerrang! Radio show!
News double whammy
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have debuted the video for their current single ‘Wild Flowers’.
Directed by acclaimed and oft controversial artist Jake Chapman – one half of the Chapman Brothers – the visually striking video is a very literal take on the song with added warped imagery thrown in for good measure.
Enthusing about the video, Frank Carter says: “The record label asked what we wanted to do for the video and I told them I'd already given the whole budget to Jake Chapman to do whatever he wanted.
“He made the most visually disturbing and captivating ruinous piece of offensive/non-offensiveness that I have ever seen. First time he sent it for approval it failed the Harding test 858 times!
“It goes without saying that having Jake make us a video is basically mind blowing for me, I grew up spending my summers in the Saatchi gallery staring at all the insane art and their first version of Hell had a profound effect on me.
“Thank you Jake for your continued faith and support in the project and thanks for making an absolutely mental video that makes me feel uneasy every time I watch it!”
‘Wild Flowers’ is lifted from Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ fervently awaited new album ‘Modern Ruin’, which lands on 20th January.
In other massive Frank Carter news, starting on Wednesday 11th January at 9pm Frank will be hosting A Brief History of Punk exclusively on Kerrang! Radio.
The four part series details the meteoric rise and fall of the genre from 1977 right up to the present day.
Listen every Wednesday from 9pm! If you miss it, you can catch up on the Kerrang! Radio player right here.
Frank posted on his Facebook page: "Thanks to everyone at Kerrang Radio for the opportunity and making it so fun. Please slam it in your diary and listen in so you can hear some incredible punk rock on the radio and maybe learn something new"
You can read Frank's full post below!