Red Tides present their debut single “Housebound” as a free digital download on 10th January 2011.

Following a great year which has seen this unique five-piece release their debut EP “Wild Hour”, support San Francisco’s Vetiver at the Manchester Academy, take pride of place as BBC Manchester’s band of the week and feature on Music Week’s cover CD, Red Tides welcome in the new year with this very special two track digital single - completely free.

Singer/lyricist Molly Macleod describes the song as being about “the fear of decay… a song for people who are in the throes of the beginning of a relationship but cannot silence the worry that we are all bound to rust and weather.”

The mood is perfectly captured by filmmakers Mark Kendrick and Hossein Mirshahi who produced the stunning super-8 music video that accompanies the track.

“Hossein has a true love for film and art, he is the most passionate filmmaker I have ever met and is really inspiring” says Red Tides composer/guitarist Sam Alder.

Iranian filmmaker Hossein Mirshahi has been capturing and animating super-8 and 16mm film for the past 4 decades. Hossein grew up in rural Iran, and first moved to the UK in 1980s. Since then he has produced and collaborated on numerous films and art installations. After meeting four years ago, Manchester based producer and editor Mark Kendrick and Hossein began to collaborate on numerous projects. This work drew the attention of Red Tides who believed this style of art would be the perfect accompaniment to their music.

Kendrick commented “It is always an honour to work with Hossein’s beautiful footage and animation, and to combine this with the beautiful music of Red Tides was really special.”

“Housebound” will be made available for free download direct from the band’s online shop through www.debtrecords.net/shop on Monday 10th January 2011.

The EP is on general release from March.

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