The video, for the fittingly titled single The One We Start With from their debut EP Lick My Spaceship, released in October last year, features an array of children, a depressed clown, a floppy-haired emo teenager, and of course the band themselves, scrambling through playground equipment in colourful costume.
''We filmed the video at the dinosaur park in Dunedin,'' guitarist and vocalist Millie Lovelock says.
''A bunch of our friends came down to help out and feature in the video. We collected some children and they joined in. The kids weren't overly enthusiastic. They thought we were a bit immature and weird.
''Playing on things designed for children is pretty physically taxing. Isaac and I found it pretty tough crawling through tunnels and getting into swings. The worst was when we were rolling down a hill and Isaac rolled over me.
''The video is very pastel and very childish. I would describe it as a colourful escapade in an alternate bygone world.''
Aside from the video, the pair have also recently released Jamie Knows, a single showcasing a heavier focus on melody and melancholia, in contrast to the band's usual more blunt-force approach.
''It is a really old song that we recorded with Adrian Ng [of Trick Mammoth] in the Attic,'' Lovelock says.
''We wanted to release a pop song; we hadn't done it before and I wanted to prove that I could do something other than yell and scream.''
The video, produced by young Dunedin film-makers Phoebe Lysbeth Kay Mackenzie and Emily Berryman, will be shown on the night, before becoming available online.
Catch them
Radio One and Velvet Worm Present Chick's Hotel Pint Night: Astro Children The One We Start With music video release party, Thursday, June 20, also featuring Males and the Doyleys. Free entry from 9pm. The release party is themed in the style of the video, so expect face painting, balloons, bubbles and candyfloss (think '80s kids' playground). The Chick's Hotel magic bus departs as usual from Countdown at 8.30pm, and the University of Otago library at 8.35. Free with your 2013 Radio One card, $10 without. Listen and watch at facebook.com/AstroChildren.
Lauded New Zealand electronic musician Paddy Free pairs up with expert multi Maori-instrumentalist Dr Richard Nunns to help raise funds for Dunedin's birdlife, this weekend at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
The pair will perform pieces subtly fusing contemporary music with electronic manipulation of taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments).
Catch them
Paddy Free (Pitch Black) and Richard Nunns, with support from Tahu and the Takahes, tonight and tomorrow 7pm-9.30pm, Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd. Tickets $35, $10 bus transport available. Bookings essential, phone (03) 482-1755, email info@orokonui.org.nz, or book at orokonui.org.nz
