“Lead single "By The Time I Get Home…" sounds where Ian Brown should have gone after Golden Greats, with baby ass-smooth synth lines propelled by a synthetic Caribbean steel plate hook and Lower East Side street-walkin' attitude.” – Spin.com
“A Drink And A Quick Decision is a brilliant throwback to 80’s dance-rock, without the pretension some Brit indie-rock bands possess, but with all the fun”
- Relix
“One shot of New Romantic coolness mixed with two shots of new wave synth and a dash of downtempo Zero 7-style moodiness.” Harp Magazine
“Grand National’s stylistic diversity and uplifting, unmistakably British flavor have the kind of staying power that will outlast the hyphenated dance fads.” – Flaunt
Grand National celebrates today’s release of their sophomore album “A Drink And A Quick Decision” by unveiling the sexy and mysterious music video for lead single “By the Time I Get Home There Won’t Be Much Of Place For Me.” This story is told through a series of stark reportage images and a high-energy performance by Grand National in a gritty underground Parisian bar. As know as le Baron, the hippest place to be in Paris
Watch here: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=15101752
Throughout the band’s performance, we follow a young couple on a trip they take throughout Europe. The images are filmed on a handheld video camera similar to a video journal or snapshots taken by two lovers. We will capture the freedom of an adventure on the open road and what it means to be young and in love. The couple’s journey is a travelogue similar to a series of snapshots taken of real life throughout the day. The impression will elude to the songs lyrics and how a couple creates a sense of a home while they are together.
Everything is filmed in the POV of a boy filming his girlfriend. Throughout the video the images will fast forward as if they are being scanned through on a tape. This continual device will help to ellipsis through different scenes, and lend a haunting perspective as if leading up to an unanswered narrative question. We learn in the final scene, that the tape is being reviewed by the boyfriend who is now alone. The boyfriend sits in an empty hotel room scanning through the images on a TV as he recollects a love affair from the past.
The girl from the video is nowhere to be found; a ghost from the past. No answers to what has gone on; just another snapshot of a new time…
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