Photo credit: Tamibé Bourdanné

Margate’s Tokyo Tea Room have recently returned sharing their shimmering new single ‘Eyes Off You’, released via French tastemaker label Nice Guys. Filled with hypnotic electronic elements, soft vocals and catchy guitar riffs the track serves as an exciting introduction to the band. “As the title suggests ‘Eyes Off You’ is a song about desire and the people who linger around in your thoughts,” guitarist/songwriter Dan Elliott says of the track. “I try to capture those fleeting moments of connection and evoke a sense of nostalgia, like a crystalised memory. Although the sense of longing is obvious, the song is really driven by optimism and anticipation, mirroring a period of personal renewal and looking forward, after a time of reflection”. 

‘Eyes Off You’ arrives with a video directed by Jacek Zmarz and featuring the dancer Anders Hayward. Jacek shares, "Quite early on we decided that we wanted to make a connection between the subject of the track and the beauty of the natural world, and the idea of being so in awe of something that you’re seeing that it shoots a surge of energy through your body, and through your mind. To get the most out of the landscapes we shot completely in natural light, our movements as a crew were kind of mirroring Anders in the video as we were moving with the light, allowing the natural environment to guide us as to what comes next.” Take a listen/watch below. 

 

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