Gypsy Temple’s debut music video begins with a powerful statement on place, purpose, and experience. Swimming with youthful optimism, the eye-opening “Pick a Number” inspires us to find the majesty in our own lives through charming and impassioned alternative rock.
Majesty is in your hometown. That’s the spirit behind the brand new video from Seattle-based alt rock band, Gypsy Temple, for their debut single, “Pick a Number.” Asking the question do we find love through destiny or chance, Gypsy Temple’s video director Marko Kharmyshev manages to introduce the world to Gypsy Temple’s dynamic live performance while weaving a story line inspired by a wide spectrum of classic films from Bill Murray’s Ground Hog Day to Cameron Crowe’s Seattle grunge music scene inspired film Singles.
The majesty is never far away in this video. In fact, it can be heard in a song hummed by the stranger you barely ever notice every day on your elevator, or seen from the staircase of your apartment that you’ve descended a thousand times. Majesty is in the ceiling of a train station and in the strummed strings of a cello. And majesty, not least of all, is in a fresh cupcake you share with a new crush before waking up the next day to brush your teeth, comb your eyebrows and start all over again. See for yourself in this gloriously cathartic debut video from the youth driven new band, Gypsy Temple. Gypsy Temple’s sound draws inspiration from such alt-rock greats as White Stripes, Royal Blood, Kings of Leon, Australia’s Gang of Youths and obvious homage to Seattle’s grunge legacies Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & Nirvana.
Gypsy Temple’s lyrics are steeped in a youth driven understanding of the human struggle and the inevitable revelations that come from that struggle. Gypsy Temple’s leader Cameron Miles Lavi-Jones is first and foremost a highly charged storyteller and showman. The band pulls its sound from alt rock to progressive rock to jazz to soul and even classical music. What sets Gypsy Temple apart from the usual 4-5 piece bass, drums, guitar rock band is the integration of cello and a full horn section, The Horny Tones, led by Evan Lorbecki, both of which are mainstays in the group and key to the band’s alt rock with a twist sound.
The last year has been a wild ride for Gypsy Temple. They just finished recording their debut album entitled King Young Blood on Very Juicy Records working at both the Red Room Studio and Robert Lang Studios. Thanks to their UpStream showcase last year and with an enthusiastic introduction from Cameron’s mentor and friend, Ayron Jones, who uses the same firm, Gypsy Temple was picked up by XO Publicity, a professional PR firm, pointed to handle the marketing and promotion of this band of brothers’ new album.
Gypsy Temple is steadily gaining ground with numerous shows at The Nectar Lounge, Neumos, The Columbia City Theater and more. Social media stats are up 1000 percent from last year. This fall, Cameron started hosting a talk show called Real Talk on UW’s radio station – Rainy Dog Radio that keeps him highly visible with artists and industry professionals. The band’s rigorous House Show schedule builds Gypsy Temple on the college radar. Gypsy Temple has been touring the region incessantly, posting religiously on social media and building their fan base of the underground faithful in anticipation of the new album.
With this new collection of original songs reflecting the band’s undeniable energy and truth, Gypsy Temple is poised to blast off Seattle’s scene into earth’s orbit.
Buckle up.
Gypsy Temple “Pick A Number” – Official Music Video
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