Single “Hummingbird” is a nostalgia rush
Airline noise, that’s the first striking aspect of the music video for Fastball ’s “Hummingbird.” A carefree blond woman decked in white – white blouse, white bell-bottoms, white roller skates. It’s as peaceful an opening image as the serenity of the song itself., released earlier this year. “Hummingbird” is a track so evocative of simpler times, that upon first listen, elder millennials might feel an aching desire for those awkward middle and high school days.
Roller skating maven Candice Heiden acts as our titular hummingbird. Both flight attendant and tiny dancer, she floats on the airplane set in her white skates, flitting about gracefully as the avian adventurer. Intercuts of Heiden dancing with an in-studio band performance , then following the members as they pick up luggage and get to their next location, it’s all indicative of director Caroline LeDuc’s hyperstylized visuals interspersed with grounded imagery.
There’s a certain ease to the song that isn’t too far removed from one of the band’s most beloved “Out of My Head,” a track that, in an interview with the, Zuniga credited for opening new vocal possibilities. “Tony showed me the demo for ‘Out of My Head’ and I went, ‘Oh my God. This is exactly the path I'm on.’” Zuniga, along with Scalzo and Shuffield, were punk rockers, throat-thrashing tunes compliments of their debut.
If any single served as a microcosm of Fastball’s musical legacy, “Hummingbird” would certainly be that song. Every element, from composition to music video, epitomizes the simplicity and comfort of the band. They haven’t gone Hollywood. They haven’t forgotten who they are. They’re a band zipping from one place to another like the song suggests. And after all this time, they always know where to find home.
“We're active enough to where we're entertained by what we can still do together and make together, and that keeps us going,” Scalzo said. “Plus looking at numbers on streaming formats like YouTube, I see those numbers, and it makes me realize – and I'm sure Miles and Joey agree with me – that this is the one thing we have. We don't have it by splitting off. We have it only by staying together. It's just a no-brainer for us.
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