Daffo – I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face
Hot on the heels of a US tour supporting Wednesday, Daffo, aka LA-based artist Gabi Gamberg, shares a cover of Arthur Russell’s classic “I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face” with a video directed by Lance Bangs.
“What can I say? I love Arthur Russell and I love to sing this song,” Daffo explains. “I always used to harmonize to the song when I listened to it, and I love recording with Rob Schnapf and Matt Schuessler, so I thought it would be super cool to get to make my version of the song come to life. I had my friends Nick Wilkerson (drums) and Aidan Finn (guitar, mellotron) come in and add their pieces to it. It was ultimately just a lot of fun!”
Of the video Lance Bangs says “Daffo and I met last year and wanted to find something to make together. Arthur Russell’s recordings are what it feels like inside my head most of the time, so when Daffo covered his song “I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face” we agreed to meet up in Los Angeles and make this video. We shot once it was dark so that we could use an open shutter and have the light streak and smear at 5 frames per second. Daffo’s performance of the song is genuine and transfixing, and we filmed in places that felt like the sense of leaving in the song itself. We borrowed the acoustic guitar from producer Rob Schnapf which Daffo has been using on their sessions together. The guitar looked and sounded great, and I recognized it from when Rob had loaned it to Elliott Smith for many of their recordings. It was great to film with it again, and to conjure this video with Daffo and friends.”
Daffo’s debut album, Where the Earth Bends, was released last year via Concord Records.
After spending much of last year on tour with artists like Blondshell, illuminati hotties, and Annie DiRusso, and the aforementioned Wednesday, Daffos’ tour in support of Where The Earth Bends continues this year through February.
Tour Dates:
01/28 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Altar) *
01/29 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records *
01/30 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *
01/31 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups *
02/02 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern *
02/03 – Detroit, MI @ Lager House *
02/04 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck Bar *
02/06 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (Upstairs) *
02/07 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (Zone One) *
02/09 – Washington, DC @ DC9 *
* w/ Earth 2 Tiffany
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