Smooth-sounding Vancouver duo Doohickey Cubicle have returned with a new video for the single "Super Smeller" — a nasally invasive single that just so happened to coincide with the band's Francis Hooper being treated for sinus cancer.
The song is a relaxing lounge-pop number, its watery washes of guitar and airy pop hooks given an extra whiff of sultriness by purring sax leads. In the video, a camera heads up singer Alli Deleo's prosthetically enhanced nose — something that was foreshadowing for what came next for the musicians.
Hooper said in a statement, "Alli has an extremely strong sense of smell compared to me and so we joked around about the concept Super Smeller for a while. It seems like the universe was bringing attention to my lack of smell which soon got worse; I was diagnosed with a very rare type of sarcoma cancer in my right sinus not long after shooting the video. One day we were sending a digital camera into Alli's prosthetic fourth nostril and a month later a doctor was pushing a camera up my nose. Now, listening to the song and watching the video after my surgery and recently completed radiation treatment, hearing Alli sing 'I don't want to disconnect from you' has a new level of potency for us. Even if it is a little on the nose."
Check out the sweet, smooth and catchy tune below. It was directed by Jake Pascoe.
The song is a relaxing lounge-pop number, its watery washes of guitar and airy pop hooks given an extra whiff of sultriness by purring sax leads. In the video, a camera heads up singer Alli Deleo's prosthetically enhanced nose — something that was foreshadowing for what came next for the musicians.
Hooper said in a statement, "Alli has an extremely strong sense of smell compared to me and so we joked around about the concept Super Smeller for a while. It seems like the universe was bringing attention to my lack of smell which soon got worse; I was diagnosed with a very rare type of sarcoma cancer in my right sinus not long after shooting the video. One day we were sending a digital camera into Alli's prosthetic fourth nostril and a month later a doctor was pushing a camera up my nose. Now, listening to the song and watching the video after my surgery and recently completed radiation treatment, hearing Alli sing 'I don't want to disconnect from you' has a new level of potency for us. Even if it is a little on the nose."
Check out the sweet, smooth and catchy tune below. It was directed by Jake Pascoe.
