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Spotify users take note, here is an album you must listen to. Count To Fire – Songs that Remind Me of You. Count to Fire are based in our home town of Exeter. A Young Folk band, with fresh and thoughtful songwriting they are quickly attracting the attention of music fans everywhere. Next month they head to Canada to record their second album.

Their first album “Songs that remind me of you” is a flawless piece of work. Capturing their uniquely styled alternative folk, there is not a single second that feels compromised. The stand out track for me is “Rain Coat” which is maturely written yet still conveys the urgency of a young band. If you are a fan of the Doves, Arcade Fire and Friendly Fires that these guys will definitely float your boat.

Here is the Spotify URI: spotify:album:2JwkfcVmophWLmpwo7kbRG

Well I watched Bruno last night. I don’t really know what to think about it. It certainly made me laugh, a lot, but at what cost. It made me feel uncomfortable, more than anything else, for the unsuspecting people involved. Sure a lot of them say things that are unforgivable, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

A racist or homophobic crosses the line when he acts on his views and encroaches on the rights of another person. If they are not doing this they essentially are just another person with their opinion that they are entitled to. It is these people that I kind of feel are exploited in this film. Sure they have bad opinions, but they were not crossing the line before Cohen forced them into a situation that made them uncomfortable. And by doing this to these people I believe that Cohen actually became the type of person he was supposedly shaming. Borat was funny because it put people in a funny situation (most of the time) and it wasn’t used to exploit certain types of people (most of the time).

If you want to see possibly the most contraversial film of our time, this is for you. But if you just want a laugh, its probably best to avoid.

Music videos have long been an inspiration to us here at Living Live. Partnering Music and Video together has always been something that just connects with me. Its been a while since I have been really inspired by any music video production, as pop music has become more and more viral, there has been little room for Indie video makers to make their mark. Its been a while since the glory days of Chris Cunningham and Jonathan Glazer have moved us with their amazing work.

Thankfully yesterday I was captivated by a music video for the first time in years. The video was for Jack White’s latest band “The Dead Weather” for the track “Treat Me Like Your Mother”. It’s a fantastic piece of work, and I was not surprised to hear it was directed by my favourite Director Jonathan Glazer. Here it is.

The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother

In more exiting news we recently met up with rising filmmaker Carl Shanahan. We hope to soon be collaborating on some music videos so watch this space.