Speelburg — Sideways

Since releasing his debut album ‘Porsche’ and planting a colorful flag in the ground after a string of beloved EPs, Noah Sacré has been distracted and busy. “I loved making the music but doing all the promos and music videos for Porsche myself was basically like going through film school....maybe a little bit cheaper” says Noah about his burgeoning career as a director and animator.

Following up the record with a few singles and getting featured in a Samsung commercial is great, but directing videos for artists like John Legend and The National has helped open up his creative work to other avenues. “For me directing is a perfect palette cleanser. Just when you’re starting to repeat yourself or aren’t sure where you’re going with your own music, someone comes along and asks you to commit a few weeks to their project. So you do a hard pause and dig in to their thing and when you get to the end of that, you honestly can’t wait to come back and rewrite that second verse. It’s like having creative ADHD and someone gives you some deadline Ritalin. You just get hyper focused and then bring all of that back to your own record.”

And his new single ‘Invitation’ is just that. It knows exactly where it’s coming from and hopefully surprises you with where it’sgoing. A fast-paced celebration of youth and the excitement of being in the eye of a hurricane watching it all fly by, Speelburg uses loud explosive trumpets and a galloping string section to achieve something beautiful, chaotic and fun.

The song itself sees Speelburg once again working with mix engineer Joe Visciano (Action Bronson, Beck, Doja Cat, Joy Again, Wet etc...) as well as string arranger and composer Haydn Wynn (Calathea Quartet, Catherine Called Birdy Soundtrack).

“The orchestral parts on this, like the brass and the strings...they’re so so good. I think I actually might have to release a version of the album that’s only vocals and strings and brass at some point in the future because I’m obsessed. The players and arrangers on this one are some of my favorite all-time collaborators. It feels like they’ve given it this whole new shape and depth that I just wasn’t getting on my own. It’s like I’ve been watching a movie on a tiny phone with a broken screen and suddenly i’m seeing it in an IMAX theatre.”

And no release would be complete without a video directed by Sacré. He explains “the idea here is to make 10 videos. One for each song on the album. And they’re all the same video. Except for the wardrobe and background and actors. Like you're lookingat 10 paintings in a series ina gallery. But yeah, it’s all the same video. I think I’m trying to get to a point where the videos are so absent of any kind of narrative and so performance based,that it’s all style and emotion and no story. And really what I want is for it to be like you’re watching a 720p CAM version of 2OO1: A Space Odyssey overdubbed with the audio from Beavis & Butthead: Do America. That’s really the only way I can describe it.”