The Very Things GXL drop new video for “Ghost Pool”
The Very Things GXL uncover Ghost Pool with a subterranean video shot in the forgotten service tunnels beneath a disused swimming pool, out just in time for Hallowe'en. Takem from their latest album, 2024’s “Mr. Arc-Eye (under a cellophane sky)”, the new video for Ghost Pool mirrors the surreal and atmospheric nature of the track perfectly. A trademark feature of The Very Things GXL is their use of sampled segments from old film and TV material, and Ghost Pool takes this to a new haunting level. Growing up in the 1970’s (showing my age) a regular feature on TV was the government public information reels. Some seem very dark in hindsight, and here The Very Things GXL use the scariest f all to great effect. Entitled “Lonely Water” and voiced by Donald Pleasence, it warns children of the dangers of careless or foolhardy behaviour in the vicinity of water. It freaked me out as a kid more than the Daleks did !
The sample works perfectly on Ghost Pool, increasing it’s dramatic and daunting nature. The video for Ghost Pool is out now and you can watch it now on YouTube below:
Founded by RR Dallaway and The Shend (also founder members of The Cravats) in 1983, The Very Things came to prominence with the release of the album “The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes” in 1984 and they became one of the favourite bands of Radio One’s John Peel.
They followed this up with 1987’s “Motortown” which included the hits This Is Motortown and Let’s Go Out, before they disbanded in 1988.
2024 marked the 40th anniversary of their debut album, and saw the band re-form, without The Shend, and the release of the critically acclaimed album “Mr. Arc-Eye (under a cellophane sky)”, which includes Ghost Pool.
Having returned to the stage earlier this year in their home town of Birmingham, The Very Things GXL have now announced two more shows for spring 2027, performing at The Lexington in London on Friday 19thMarch, and at Gullivers in Manchester on Saturday 22nd May 2027. Tickets for both shows are available HERE
