Saturday 24 October 2009

Run Toto Run

Recently we got to work with up and coming Manchester band ‘Run Toto Run’.
On the MySpace page there is a comment which sums them up nicely courtesy of NME which is:
A curious mix of antifolk and airy, ‘postal service’ indebted electronica’.
I think this sums them up quite well. We managed to catch them at a live gig before we did the photo shoot to see what kind of band they were and we both came away impressed with the performance. For me it had influences of Postal service and Bat For Lashes which is no bad thing. It was clear they have fun performing and for me I loved the cover of Passion Pits ‘Sleepyhead’ at the end.
For the shoot, Rachel from the band seemed to know what kind of thing they wanted and when we turned up they were all already looking like they had walked out of Bowie music video. We kept the shoot fairly simple, using home made decorations as the background which I think gave it a personal feel and inkeeping with the bands playful attitude. We played around with light effects and different poses and came up with images such as the ones you can see here.


For more info on Run Toto Run click on the link below:
www.myspace.com/runtotomusic

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