The video for 'Black Car' was filmed in Bristol during lockdown three, and the single was released as the UK began to emerge, once again, from lockdown in March 2021. 'Black Car' has proved to be a very honest, atmospheric and considered mediation on the pandemic that will endure long beyond its end. It was released just ahead of Laura Kidd's debut album as Penfriend, Exotic Monsters, itself a reference to Margaret Attwood, and while there's an aspect of the apocalyptic to 'Black Car', it's really more like a diary entry than a dystopian future. A dystopian now if you will. Kidd has made a number of public statements about why she had no plans to return to playing live in 2021, and 'Black Car' reinforces her feelings.
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