{"id":40104,"date":"2022-06-03T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T05:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=40104"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T05:45:07","slug":"kav-temperley-shares-new-single-machines-of-love-and-grace-national-eskimo-joe-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2022\/06\/kav-temperley-shares-new-single-machines-of-love-and-grace-national-eskimo-joe-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"KAV TEMPERLEY Shares New Single ‘Machines Of Love And Grace’ + National ESKIMO JOE Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Eskimo Joe<\/em> frontman Kav Temperley <\/em>today furthers his sublime solo endeavours, releasing a deeply poetic, ethereal-yet-pounding new single Machines Of Love And Grace<\/em>. Tackling the themes of connectivity in the digital age, Kav<\/em> has also today shared an affecting music video for Machines Of Love And Grace<\/em>, simultaneously capturing the track\u2019s existential narrative and driving instrumentals alongside Kav<\/em>\u2019s dynamic stylings.<\/p>\n

Machines Of Love And Grace<\/em> was not inspired by the Richard Brautigan poem (although Temperley does admire his work), but by the notion theorists have put forward that humans are outliers on the planet \u2013 a virus upon it – because we put so much emphasis on love and empathy, ideals which don’t really exist in the animal kingdom. We are, in effect, machines of love and grace.<\/p>\n

Machines Of Love And Grace<\/em><\/a> firmly harnesses a sharp spotlight on Kav<\/em>\u2019s passion and penchant for songwriting that first endeared him so heavily in the Aussie music scene and beyond, boasting driving alt rock flavours with moments of acoustic calm and lush, stripped-back beauty. With its glistening piano and Kav<\/em>\u2019s familiar, soothing vocals, Machines Of Love And Grace<\/em> steadily oscillates between fuzzy riffage and more introspective calm, much like its own brooding and ruminating subject matter, as Kav<\/em> explains, \u201cThe song is about the complex and intimate relationships we have through our phones, seen through the lens of the last two-and-a-half years of the pandemic. Having devices in our hands has allowed us to have dinner with loved ones all over the world, all locked in our houses, and follow every moment of each other\u2019s life; whether we want to or not, it\u2019s often the first thing we see in the morning and the last thing we see before we go to sleep. With the touch of a button, anything and everything is available to us, good and bad.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Filmed and directed by Eskimo Joe visual collaborator Cooper Gordon, the video for Machines Of Love And Grace<\/em><\/a> perfectly complements the bittersweet themes explored in the song, with Kav<\/em> intimately playing up the voyeuristic elements of social media and digital connection underpinning proceedings, elaborating, \u201cVoyeurs to each other\u2019s lives, I\u2019m asking the question: do any of us feel like we exist unless we\u2019re posting? And who are we when the camera lights turn off? We now live through these machines in the most intimate way, and we take them anywhere and everywhere we go<\/em>! <\/em>For the video, it was an idea of FaceTime without having Facetime,\u201d Kav says.\u201cThemost amazing thing is that the actor and the actress reacting to each other, they never met each other, yet on camera, it\u2019s like they’re having an intimate relationship. It\u2019s absolutely fascinating and plays into the whole theme about the machines of love and grace.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n