Nashville-based shimmer pop band Moody Joody share smooth, sultry official music video for latest single “El Camino High,” out now. The video comes following the release of the electrifying, glittery debut EP Dream Girl out everywhere now via Photo Finish Records.
Directed by Gavin Geddes, the visual is filled with leather jackets, fur coats and cigarette smoke–proper attire for romanticizing the past and reminiscing on a lost love. With kaleidoscopic effects and dim lights, the visual, featuring a Chevy El Camino, evokes a rich sense of nostalgia tinged with a particular charm and elegant glamour.
After searching for the titular car on Facebook Marketplace, the band found one sitting in a Nashville burger joint parking lot, asked the owner to let them use it for the video, and he agreed. Lead vocalist and guitarist Kayla Hall says, “This is one of those videos that I knew I wanted to feel dramatic and whimsical and Gavin absolutely crushed the music video treatment. The video captures the feeling of longing, unrequited love, romanticizing the past all through the visuals, lighting and movement.”
“El Camino High,” looks at the past through rose-colored glasses, putting a relationship in a better light than it really was. Like a late afternoon cruise, it pushes forward smoothly as it evokes waves of nostalgia and lingers long after it ends. The band is thrilled to share a track that they each feel represents the band today and where they are headed. Hall adds, “it felt like the perfect way to end our journey with the ‘Dream Girl’ EP while simultaneously catapulting us into a next new album chapter feeling like we’ve really honed in on who we are as a band. ‘El Camino High’ truly feels like Moody Joody at our best across the board from the lyrics and musical composition to the way it translates so seamlessly to video and the live show.” Producer Andrew Pacheco echoes the energy it brings to the live show and adds, “It’s been a lot of fun to play live on this last tour, and I’m looking forward to seeing how that energy inspires the next batch of new music.”
Dream Girl, the fresh debut project from Moody Joody, embodies the duality of being human–from dance floor anthems to tracks that embrace the less glamorous side of life and being a musician.
Are you vibing with Moody Joody’s “El Camino High”?
