Mountain Bird reveals the video to accompany his latest single ‘Hiding Underwater’, which is out now via Nettwerk Records. His darkest single yet, the video directed by Maren Langer is out now.

The second installment to the Swedish artist’s upcoming EP, DearBrainLetMeSleep, ‘Hiding Underwater’ was released earlier this month; a powerfully melancholic rave-tinged anthem, with deceptively dark lyrics such as “I often wish a second life/Where I was feeling better/showing all my feathers”, it showcases Adam’s strength of ability in writing deeply personal music that has the power to move.

Written after Mountain Bird (aka Adam Öhman) moved to Berlin and was struggling to settle there after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, ‘Hiding Underwater’ is “about living with a depressive state of mind and somehow always looking at things from a perspective of melancholy”. On the title, Adam explains that, during the darkest of times, “I just want to jump down and sleep under the surface of water where everything is quite and calm for a little while.''

Suitably filmed in Berlin where the song was written, in the video we see Adam in solitude across a combination of 4 different storylines in the city, including particularly vulnerable shots of Adam underwater, putting the imagery of the song to film. Just as brooding as the song itself, the video uses a beautifully melancholic palette of blues, greys, blacks, and oranges. With Adam the only person featured in the video, it perfectly captures the feeling of loneliness that ‘Hiding Underwater’ exudes.

Based in Miami Beach, Florida, Ex Norwegian (named, obviously, after the Monty Python sketch) have had an evolving cast of band members, with the odd exploding drummer and bassists lost at sea but throughout it all, prolific songwriter, Roger Houdaille has remained. Something Unreal features fan favourites, ‘Life’ and ‘Making Deals’, by turns swirling psych tempests and grandiose anthemic glam hurricanes.

Following a musical lineage of power pop greats from the ‘60s and ‘70s, as well as the unhinged genius of the likes of They Might Be Giants and Squeeze, they have spent the last ten years cultivating a rabid fanbase and critical acclaim from publications worldwide.

Over 25 tracks (15 on the vinyl edition), Something Unreal is a monolithic slab of glorious hooks and Michelle Grand’s Debbie Harry-esque vocals trading blows with Roger Houdaille’s rabble-rousing tones - if this is the first time you’ve encountered them, a technicolour world awaits you.