“The video was shot in Canna, a small town in Calabria, one of the poorest and mafia-infiltrated regions in Italy. For most kids living In small, isolated towns it’s hard to escape the influence of narrow minded, criminal, abusive mentality of habitants: sometimes the only solution is to escape. The boy is my girlfriend’s cousin, and it was shot in 3 days.”
No Reprisal is the second single to be lifted from Funeral Tango’s forthcoming album Influencer and is a near perfect distillation of what makes the Sydney-based band so addictive; sinewy, stabbing guitars, driving locked bass and drums and a hopeful, yet melancholy mood.