WATCH: NOIRE - 'REAL COOL'

Sydney-based band NOIRE - aka Jessica Mincher (vocals and synth) and Billy James (guitar) - have unveiled the cinematic music video for their new single 'Real Cool', the intoxicating first taste from their forthcoming debut album Some Kind of Blue due September 29 via Spunk Records.

Directed by the band and Nick Mckk with help from Jessica Allison, the music video for ‘Real Cool’ is “a roadside motel, karaoke performance inspired by Wim Wenders' film Paris, Texas and the Roy Orbinson ‘In Dreams’ performance in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet,” says Mincher.“We love road movies and westerns, which are usually characterized by a lot of space – our music is similar in that we try to give every song a lot of breathing room.”

"Real Cool is a tribute to Air – the bass line, CS-80 synths and transient feel... It’s about the things you tell yourself when you think the one you love doesn’t feel the same anymore," says Mincher.

Citing inspiration from Air, Mazzy Star and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Some Kind of Blue is a cinematic soundscape charting the fluidity of love and loneliness. Speaking about the impetus for embarking on their debut album, Jessica recalls: “Last year I went to see a talk by Miranda July at the Sydney Opera House, she said some incredible things like ‘I continue to forget and remember and forget and remember and forget and remember that I'm free.’ The next day I quit my job, Billy and I left Sydney and we moved up to a farm in Queensland, with no phone or internet reception for three months to write an album. We set up a make shift studio in the lounge room, next to the fireplace and tried to record something every day.”

Some Kind of Blue was produced by Wayne Connelly (Underground Lovers, You Am I, The Vines) with the help of Thom Eagleton on drums (Wild Honey) and Rosie Fitzgerald on bass (I Know Leopard), before being mixed at The Music Farm Studios in Byron Bay.

Having toured across the US in 2015 and playing alongside the likes of Cold War Kids, Slum Sociable, Alex Lahey and Tiny Little Houses, NOIRE are known for their intoxicating, intimate live performances. The band are currently preparing to embark on a European trip where they will play a string of shows across London, France and Germany before returning to Australia in the weeks leading to their album release.