Dateline Release New Video For ‘Wake Up Slowly’
Dateline is the musical project of Katie Everingham (she/her), a musician and songwriter based in Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington).
Since 2019 her band has been a revolving cast of Aotearoa’s brightest talent, with previous incarnations including members of The Beths, Hans Pucket, and Dick Move. Returning in 2024, Everingham is joined by Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (Ebony Lamb, French For Rabbits, Glass Vaults), Phoebe Johnson (Ebony Lamb, Revulva), and Reuben McDonald.
Everingham’s lyrical prowess and humorous story telling aptly captures the complex emotions and vulnerabilities that come with motherhood and moving into your early thirties. Resonating with deep emotion, Dateline’s back catalogue packs a one-two punch of crunched guitars and power pop sensibilities.
2024 was a remarkable year for the Wellington group, who released a run of hot singles (Be Good, Hands and Choose Me (the latter being longlisted for the APRA AMCOS Silver Scroll Award)) from their critically acclaimed album It’s All Downhill From Here. They’re also one of NZ’s most in demand live acts, performing at Great Sounds Great, Cross St. Music Festival, Welcome To Nowhere and supporting acts like Screamfeeder (AUS), The Beths and Voom.
Ahead of a run of North Island shows in June Dateline have released a new music video for album deep cut Wake Up Slowly.
Wake Up Slowly closes It’s All Downhill From Here with a hushed intimacy, its soft vocals and rhythmic fingerpicking setting it apart from the rest of the album. Recorded at home in Everingham’s lounge by Oli Devlin (Hans Pucket), Wake Up Slowly was mixed by Jonathan Pearce (The Beths) who added flutes sampled from a random vinyl he picked out of a friends collection.
Wake Up Slowly is basically a love song to my partner,” notes Everingham. “It was me taking a moment to reflect on the love and comfort I feel with her after being together for almost a decade. Life can get so busy, especially raising a toddler together, it’s easy to speed through the days without acknowledging how beautiful something is.”
Wake Up Slowly was directed by Finn Hyndman with assistance from Director Of Photography Matilda Macandrew, who had previously worked with Dateline on the video for Nothing. “For this music video, we wanted to try to capture the most quiet, intimate moments of a relationship, through only the moments shared in bed,” says Hyndman. “Just the things that do sometimes feel the most real.”
“We wanted to convey a range of emotions that go hand in hand with that closeness, namely those of vulnerability and bittersweet intimacy. The bed is a shared space for love and comfort but also silence. It is where walls come down, where people say so much without saying anything.”
“A big influence for this entire video was a few photographs by artist Petra Collins. She takes these beautiful, dreamy photos of women, sometimes in their bedrooms, sometimes interacting with each other. And the way she uses composition, colour and lighting creates a softness which really stood out to us.”
Everingham reflects “We just trusted Finn & Matilda to make something that felt right and I think what they came back with is really lovely.”
Photo Credit: Nicola Sandford
