Popular Afro pop Cape Town act, Raskells Band, is channeling all things romance this February with their latest music offering “Third Love”.
The music band, which was founded in 2019, dropped the single “Third Love”on all major digital platforms on Valentines Day. The mesmerizing track is the latest track to be released from their recent album, All I Have.
A video for the track, which was also released on the band’s YouTube channel, was directed and filmed by Christoph and Nicole from Designer Kollektiv in The Netherlands.
The video was shot in BoKaap, Observatory and Woodbridge – showcasing some of Cape Town’s most exquisite locations.
Aimed with a fine art to blend music genres, Raskells Band consists of seven band members in total. On “Third Love” only three members are voiced on the hit single, including band members Isaiah Munemo aka Kells, Simbarashe Chivhanga aka Simphill and Tinotenda Zandodha aka Slotah the chanter.
For Raskells Band member, Isaiah Munemo, thesong started out as a joke when fellow band member and Casanova, Joe, finally found his true love.
“In May 2018 Joe met a fine lady from Birmingham England who has a background from the Caribbean Islands. From the first time the two met Joe described the love they shared as something that he never imagined and never saw coming,” he says.
Munemo adds: “Even with the circumstances of distance between the two love birds, their mutual understanding and relationship became strong and as a band we decided to take Joe’s experience and portray it in the art of music.”
“Third Love is set to dazzle SA audiences with its electric sounds produced by Xfecta the Soundmindz now based in Burundi.
