Low Island delve into the 'Search Box' on new single

Words: Sam Geary 

Oxford outfit Low Island have unveiled their new single, ‘Search Box’.

The track, together with video, from DJ/producers Jamie Jay and Carlos Posada, bassist Jacob Lively, and jazz drummer Felix Higginbottom, is, they say, an examination of our human reliance on search engines, and comes ahead of their Glastonbury appearance.

“The song was inspired by the idea that Google has become the world’s therapist. The song also explores the unsettling fact that the thing we’re opening up to perhaps doesn’t have our best interests at heart.

“This is the first time that we did all of our visuals in house: Felix shot the video on his iPhone and Jamie borrowed some of his mum’s lipstick for me to wear. The idea behind the mouth was to have a really clear and simple image, as well as a great way to portray an internet user; simultaneously anonymous, chaotic and vulnerable.”