British folk-rock duo Ferris and Sylvester are gradually beginning the countdown for the release of their second album, Otherness, scheduled for March 1st. Now, we can get a taste of what’s to come as they set the scene with the release of a new music video for “Mother” from their recent EP, “Side A (Storm)”. The single is initially folk-rock at its most elegantly haunting, with Issy Ferris’s dark-hued vocals and Archie Sylvester’s supporting harmonies narrating the story of a child pleading for their mother to make a fresh start in search of a better life.

“This is the song that shaped the album,” Archie Sylvester says. “It’s a song about dreaming of a better life, and being on the outside looking in. We wrote it in our studio with long-time collaborator Michael Rendall and it quickly became important to all of us. We worked on it for months, but the vocal take from that first day was never replaced. There was magic in the studio that day.”

The video, directed by Toby Cuthbertson, plays upon the song’s contrasting moods, creating a cinematic experience where audiences have a sense of closeness to Issy Ferris as she takes us on a journey while (literally) being strapped to the camera. “We wanted to capture how the song flickers from reality, where we’re walking through the darkness or scrabbling to get hold of one another, to a dream world, where we’re jumping, almost flying,” she explains. “It was such a fun shoot, jumping on a trampoline with a camera strapped to my chest, hoping no dog walkers or angry farmers stumble across us. In all seriousness, we wanted to do justice to a song that carries a big meaning and we hope it resonates with people.”

Watch the video for “Mother”…