Carol Hodge Shares The “Best Thing In Town” Video

Yorkshire-dwelling singer-songwriter Carol Hodge is a musical dichotomy. With her roots and ethics firmly set in punk as keyboard player and long-term collaborator with Crass frontman Steve Ignorant and his current band Slice Of Life, Carol is also a uniquely gifted song-writer and as able to conjure up beautiful pop-infused, heart-wrenching melodies as she is screaming into the face of authority and injustice. Today sees the release of her new single Best Thing In This Town, the fourth single release from third studio album The Crippling Space Between.

Best Thing In This Town is a song about loss. Sparse piano and vintage synth create a hypnotic, dreamy landscape which the emotive vocal performance cuts through. The accompanying video was created by award-winning video artist Fiona Brehony and features time lapse footage of flowers, sky and water, painstakingly captured over the course of six months. The end result is a mesmerising journey through the beautiful minutiae of nature, with the eerie effect of the flowers singing the song. 

“I wanted to write a song that was universal. We have all experienced loss and grief, in many different forms. I hope there is something in this song that resonates with every listener.” (Carol Hodge)

The Crippling Space Between is available here