Flying Rats are premiering the self-recorded video for their single Ugly Man, which was released in May.
Watch the video exclusively below.
Speaking of the video, the band state: “This video was recorded on an old JVC cam corder and was actually taped over a video of our guitarists school nativity, filmed with 0 budget and 0 music video making experience, we’d say it turned out pretty good”
The track itself is the song that kicked everything off, it has been with the Flying Rats since they were practicing in sheds and garages; it was one of the first songs that they wrote and it was the first song to truly hook the lads with the addiction that is songwriting.
When the singer, Kenzie, wrote the lyrics, Flying Rats hadn’t really got any idea of what we were doing or what the song actually meant, making it take on quite a raw and unfiltered reflection of what it is they’re here to say. It took a long while to realise what the song’s meaning really was, but over time it’s become obvious that it’s a perfect lens for viewing the attitudes and feelings which everyone agrees dominate most people’s day to day. In the words of their bassist, Dominic: “Nowadays, it’s seen as ugly to be who you really want to be”.
Flying Rats, the musical equivalent of a four-piece combo meal, are a band who refuse to follow your rules and stand to defy your expectations. Often called the “Best kept secret” of their local hometown, Worksop, their sound combines a number of genres; classic rock, metal, rap and funk, while also keeping things interesting and different by shaking things up and drawing inspiUGLYMANration from a multitude of different artists.
The lads can’t put an exact date on when Flying Rats was formed, some time around 2016, when they were all stupid teenagers and had no care for anything but the chance to play music together (and namely didn’t care to keep record of the date). Since then the rats have been practically inseparable and show no signs of ever giving up their love for music, even when it means using makeshift equipment and practicing in any unorthodox space that’s offered to them.
