HousePlants release music video for ‘Someone Throws A Brick’

Irish electronic duo HousePlants have released the music video for their track ‘Someone Throws a Brick’, hailing from their newly released second album Half Known Things.

Directed by Allyn Quigley and starring comedian and actor Fred Cooke, the video was originally born from a riff band member Daithí composed for one of Quigley’s short films, Yellowbelt. It is a nod to the director’s connection with the track.

Reflecting on the collaboration, Daithí shares: "The music from 'Someone Throws a Brick' started its life as a little riff for Allyn's film, Yellowbelt, which I scored. So, it felt fitting to have him create the video for the final song! I love this video so much, I get a dumb little grin on my face every time I watch it.”

Watch the music video for ‘Someone Throws A Brick’ Below:

“We had bounced a few ideas around till Allyn sent us a vid of an unlikely dancer in a games arcade, and we had our thing…”, frontman Paul Noonan adds. “Dance machine instructing man in how to move, live, laugh, love! What greater allegory for how we’re all living a simulation, our strings pulled by smartarses of the future??”

The collaborative project between Bell X1 frontman Paul Noonan and producer Daithí, HousePlants are known for their high-octane live performances from festivals like All Together Now and Beyond the Pale, to opening slots for artists such as Chic and Leftfield.

Their newest album, Half Known Things, came out earlier this month and is debcribed s a groovy combination of energetic storytelling and alt rock sounding beats, a fusion of influence that makes HousePlant's sound unique.