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WATCH: Jacco Gardner - Chameleon
Laurie Tuffrey , May 10th, 2013 08:08

Exclusive first spin of video for new single Chameleon

Dutch psych-pop maestro Jacco Gardner is set to release the next single, 'Chameleon', off his debut LP Cabinet Of Curiosities, out now via Trouble In Mind, and we've got an exclusive first play of the track's video above.

It's an excellent cut from the LP, marrying deftly finger-picked baroque guitar lines with a hefty dosing of Gardner's favoured antique instrumentation - harpsichords and Mellotrons glint and glide in the background - over which he laces his immaculately-enunciated, Arthur Lee-esque vocals.

Gardner's also about to embark on his first UK dates, taking a few festival spots alongside his headline tour:

MAY
Thu 16 - The Dome, London
Fri 17 - The Great Escape, Brighton

JUNE
Tue 4 - Green Door Store, Brighton
Wed 5 - The Lexington, London
Thu 6 - The Scholar Bar, Leicester
Fri 7 - Cluny, Newcastle
Sat 8 - Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Sun 9 - King Tuts, Glasgow
Mon 10 - Basement, York
Wed 12 - Gwdihw, Cardiff

JULY
Thu 18 - Lounge On The Farm festival, Canterbury

AUGUST
Fri 16 - Green Man festival, Black Mountain, Wales

SEPTEMBER
Sat 28 - Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia, Liverpool