Fresh from supporting The Waifs around Australia this month, including two sold out shows at Melbourne and Taronga Zoo’s Twilight Series, Perth artist Ruby Boots has today released her brand new video ‘Middle Of Nowhere’. Lifted from her highly acclaimed debut album Solitude, the song was conceived following a slow burning journey to get to Utah on a writing trip with Vikki Thorn from The Waifs.
“I was tired, jetlagged, emotionally drained, and scared out of my wits – the latter mainly because I had no idea what I was walking into,“ says Bex. “I knew Vikki lived on an isolated farm in Utah somewhere, and that we were setting out to write a few songs, and that’s where my knowledge ended. I hadn’t even bothered to find out an address and was nearly refused entry into the country at customs! After meeting my new, tiny-framed yet big-voiced friend Vikki in Salt Lake City, we drove to the farm – a drive that proved to be highly entertaining. In the final leg I succumbed to my jetlag daze and passed out, later waking up in the total darkness of the driveway on a very isolated property, about a twenty minute drive to the nearest sign of civilization (a lonely petrol pump)”
“Welcome to the middle of nowhere,” Vikki said.
‘Middle Of Nowhere’ is a song that encapsulates its surroundings: written on a farm in the remote southern parts of Utah, the song is about bravery, facing fears and the pits and falls we all endure getting ‘there’ – and of course the reward of coming out the other end!
For the ‘Middle Of Nowhere’ clip, Ruby Boots handed the reins back to Nashville director Mick Leonardi the creative behind her previous video clip ‘Cola and Wine’.
“This clip all comes down to local Nashville director Mick Leonardi. When Lee (Ruby Boots guitarist) and I set out to make a clip for my last single Cola and Wine with Mick whilst we were on tour in America last year, we didn’t expect to bond so quickly with him, but he’s a total riot and we did and he suggested we try and shoot another clip whilst we were in town in this cool space he had access to. Video has always been the most challenging part of what I do so doing something spare of the moment with a new found element of trust with Mick felt really right.”
“We shot it at midnight and worked through to the morning, although it robbed me of the sleep I probably could have done with for our live filmed performance on Nashville’s “Music City Roots” the next day, I wouldn’t trade it for a second. I’m so glad that Middle of Nowhere has found a home with this clip and that it’s getting the love it deserves.”
Ruby Boots will be performing a string of Australian shows before heading to ASIA and the US for her ‘I Miss You Already Tour’.
RUBY BOOTS “I MISS YOU ALREADY” 2016 TOUR DATES
Fri 19 – Sun 21 Feb, Riverboats Festival, VIC
Sat 20 Feb, White Night Festival, VIC
Thu 10 Mar, Northcote Social Club, Melbourne VIC
Fri 11 – Mon 14 Mar, Port Fairy Folk Festival, VIC
Thu 17 Mar, The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Fri 18 Mar, Newtown Social Club, Sydney, NSW
Sat 19 Mar, The Milk Factory Brisbane, QLD
Sun 3 Apr, The Astor Theatre, Perth, WA w/ Taj Mahal