Australian band St Leonards have joined up with LP33.tv for a the video exclusive of new single "Opened Up My Eyes." It's been a meteoric rise for Australian act St Leonards since front man and songwriter Shane Fritsch decided to form a band around his solo project early in 2009. Arrived in Los Angeles in May 2009 to record and produce music for their forthcoming debut album. With the direction of Grammy-winning producer John Wooler and legendary manager Ted Gardner they have compiled a collection of songs ideal for placement in film, and television, and other audiovisual media. Their song "Now That We've Grown" featured on smash USA TV show "The Vampire Diaries."Talking about the ideas behind the video, Fritsch says: "When we started thinking about filming a music video for 'Opened Up My Eyes' we started asking around for possible directors and venues. We wanted to capture the true emotion and meaning of the song, being that things are not always as they seem. Through recommendation we contacted Directors David Roberts and Liam Donaghy who were in Sydney, Australia. I remember meeting them at a small bar where we started talking about the treatment for the video. We talked about the meaning of the song and what was the best way to capture that. I had an idea of the band playing in a 1930's after hours casino/bar, being in a fish out of water situation, like we were super imposed over the scene and the characters had no idea we were there, as they were to be so consumed with themselves and their external image that we were not noticed. David and Liam come up with the idea that as the song starts to build towards the end the lights get brighter and exposes the true nature of the characters, which turned out to be a great idea and really locked off the treatment of the video. The video was shot in one day at a cool little music venue in Sydney called Raval. The venue was exactly what we had been visualizing in our meetings with the Directors as well, actually it was better."
St Leonards's music marries the intensely personal with the epic – song inspiration comes from Fritsch's family, the struggle to accept his path as an artist, the challenges of balancing a music career with a stable home life - all lifted to a level of grandeur through glorious keys riffs, intense drumming, and rich guitar; overlaid with Fritsch's heartfelt and resonant vocals. Their sonic palette spans eras contemporary to classic; reflecting artists from Coldplay and The Blue Nile to David Gray, and has an intensity and feel that wouldn't sound out of place in a stadium, even with the band less than a year old.
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