Declan Welsh & The Decadent West have filmed a mockumentary to accompany their latest single, How Does Your Love. The 17-minute guest stars Limmy’s Show actor Paul McCole as seedy club owner and self proclaimed Mogul Dreamweaver, Alan Las Vegas.
Scripted-by and cameoing Declan, the video takes us behind the scenes of L.U.V.: South Lanarkshire’s Premier Club & Event Space; a fictional provincial nightclub populated by “a nauseatingly bigoted manager, narced-off bar staff, out-of-touch marketers, z-list celebs, wannabes, posers, and simply those who just want to get obliterated”.
With nods to the genre of nightclub promotion videos, the band say the mockumentary will resonate with “anyone who has grown up on the hopelessly trashy nightlife scene of their local satellite town”.
Speaking about making his scriptwriting debut for the film, Declan Welsh says: “The How Does Your Love video grew organically from this idea to have it set in a provincial nightclub into a full blown short film/tele episode.
“I started writing a script then these characters came together, in particular this sort of deluded wannabe mogul Alan las Vegas, who is played to perfection by Paul McCole.
“I love the way the script has been brought to life by the actors, and I still laugh at different lines every time. It’s about one man’s delusions of grandeur, and his hopes that he (just like a million other deluded folk on reality TV) will become rich and famous after his moment in the sun.”
Expressing his own enthusiasm of stepping into the slime-ridden shoes of Alan Las Vegas, Paul McCole adds: “It was a joy to play such a dick to a brilliant song. I’d love to do another six episodes of that”.
Made with Humble Film productions, the piece was shot at Downtown Nightclub in East Kilbride; the local haunt frequented by Declan and Ben of The Decadent West in their formative years.
How Does Your Love, a disco-flecked indie track is inspired by Declan’s own experiences growing up.
How Does Your Love along with recent single No Fun set the scene for the band’s debut LP, Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold.
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West play Saint Luke’s on Friday 15th October.