FIRST MOSH AFTER COVID: MARGATE'S TOM DREAM IS LOOKING TO SWEAT
Director Tom Dream releases trailer for new film ‘FIRST MOSH AFTER COVID: A Moshumentary Film’
Still from ‘FIRST MOSH AFTER COVID’ Trailer
Margate director Tom Dream has shared the first trailer of his new film ‘FIRST MOSH AFTER COVID’.
The documentary explores the devastating consequences that Covid-19 has had on both the music industry and the human interaction that forms the centre of live music experience.
Featuring the likes of Che Lingo, IDLES and Margate’s own live music impresario Sammy Clarke the trailer has already been played almost 5,000 times and has been heralded by the likes of the NME and The Line Of Best Fit.
On Instagram, Tom said: “This promises to be more than a film about moshing. It’s a film about the resilience of the DIY music industry in this country; all the bands, fans, photographers, tour managers, roadies, sound engineers and independent venues that make the music industry what it is today in the UK.”
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But… wait…. there’s more. Tom is also aiming to bring together “a dedicated mosh hunting community” to sniff out and capture the pure energy of the first official mosh pit in the UK once Covid restrictions are lifted.
He said: “It’s also a film about what we’ve lost this past year to covid, and what we’ve been through mentally. The science of human touch, the psychology of crowd behaviour, and the impact of isolation on our mental wellbeing and our creativity. We’ll uncover the power of communal alchemy, social and sonic harmony, and that transcendent feeling in the pit, where for one brief moment, many people make a whole.”
While he is on his own cathartic journey within this doc, I think Tom is actually acting on behalf of many of us. We await that first crash of cymbals, that hair-raising guitar scream and the total destruction of inhibitions keeping us quietly shuffling past masked strangers in the street, with a swift, sweaty body check.
Good luck Tom. We salute you.