New Jersey alt-indie band Wyland have released their official music video for their single “Nowhere Now” today.
The video was shot on a rare & discontinued camera called the Digital Ikonoskop A-Cam dii. It’s a Super 16 sized CCD sensor, in a tiny little camera body. “I only know of 2 or 3 in all of the US, and we were lucky enough to find one by us,” explains Director of Photography Matt Bastos. “The ergonomics were difficult, and so was the use of software. I found myself almost regretting it, until I saw that beautiful footage that the sensor captured. It suddenly made it all worth it for me, and I would definitely use the camera again when the project calls for it.”
“I wrote the chorus to this song while in a hotel room in Austin, TX,” said vocalist Ryan Sloan about the single. “The band was out on the streets of SXSW and I isolated myself to work out this melody in my head. The verses came to life right before we left for Ireland. I was working a pretty horrible job at a prison in Hudson County, New Jersey where the rest of the song came pouring out. I don’t want to tell you specifically what the tune means to me because then it would become that for you. So instead, let the song speak for itself and your interpretation is all that matters.”
Wyland formed in 2015 and began to grow in popularity from their “wildly theatrical” live performances in the underground music scene of New York City. Their sound eventually reached overseas to Ireland, where the band spent the better half of 2018 recording with producer Philip Magee (Kodaline, Miles Kane, The Academic). Wyland’s sound lies somewhere between the veins of Snow Patrol, Walk the Moon, and Elbow. They just finished an East Coast tour with Universal recording artist Valley, and their new single “Nowhere Now” has amassed 100,000 Spotify streams since its release in late November 2018. It was also featured on Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist shortly after its release.