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KAWALA rally against the bullies on their brand new video for the chilled-out ‘Play it Right’. The new video is a Stranger Things-inspired visual with plenty of charming moments, including an archetypal - and Gigwise-recommended - cry on the sofa with a pint of ice cream. 

The heartwarming video sees the band - dressed in distinctive eighties garb - befriend a bullied schoolgirl with many shared aesthetic hallmarks with Barb of Stranger Things season one. The five-piece erupt out of a cassette and into the girl’s world, coaching her on all things school, sport and self esteem. They even bake her a ‘Slay Queen’ cake. Watch it on Gigwise here:

The heartwarming video makes only to improve the already lovely song, showing how a good tune and a well-loved band can help ordinary people through life’s ups and downs. Plus, who doesn’t love a strong nineteen-eighties aesthetic?

KAWALA play an impressive headline string of dates this October, so British and Irish fans of great new music: here are the dates you need…

AUGUST
23 - Reading, Reading Festival
24 - Leeds, Leeds Festival
30 - Bingley, Bingley Music Live

OCTOBER
08 - York, The Basement
09 - Sheffield, Record Junkee
10 - Edinburgh, The Mash House
11 - Liverpool, Sound Basement
13 - Brighton, Komedia
14 - Bristol, The Exchange
16 - Southampton, Joiners
17 - London, Islington Assembly Hall
19 - Dublin, The Academy Green Room
20 - Belfast, Oh Yeah Music Society
22 - Nottingham, Bodega
23 - Cambridge, Portland Arms
24 - Norwich, Waterfront 

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