POLAR BEAR: A NEW MORNING WILL COME

You fear jazz. You fear the lack of rules, the lack of boundaries. Oh look, it’s a fence. But, no, it’s soft. Mellow out with this new video for ” A New Morning Will Come” from acclaimed UK post-jazz outfit Polar Bear off the album Peepers, directed by visual/sound artist Kira Zhigalina. The video combines footage from vintage educational films with her own textures, producing a dense collage of images that complements the track beautifully.

Bandleader and drummer Sebastian Rochford has also meticulously compiled an outstanding (and unexpected) mix-tape comprised of his favourite music of 2009, complete with all sorts of ‘hidden’ samples. The mix includes music by Mos Def, Buraka Som Sistema, Harmonic 313, Lightning Bolt and the Noisettes, as well as loads of underground hiphop. You can download the mix and find track-listing here:
http://soundcloud.com/theleaflabel/seb_polar_bear_mixtape

You can also grab a free download of title track ‘Peepers’ here:
http://soundcloud.com/theleaflabel/polar-bear-peepers