Australian Lo-Fi Artist Tim Ayre Shares “Miami Drive” Music Video

Sydney based musician, composer and vocalist Tim Ayre shares his latest single “Miami Drive”. The road-trip ready release, full of fizzy guitar riffs, continues on the theme of wanderlust established in his previous single ‘Mexican Holiday”. Both tracks are taken from his upcoming EP Modern Life, set to be released later this year.

About the song, Tim shares: ‘With the lack of travel recently I was writing songs that made me think about being away somewhere. ‘Miami Drive’ initially started with that idea. Things took a funny turn when Ollie (the music video director) and I got together to work out how we could shoot a clip about Miami while being stuck in Australia. We eventually found a street in regional Victoria called Miami Drive so we made our way down there hoping to film some bits for the video – instead of palm trees and sunshine we were met with servos and chiko rolls, in a funny way it showed an amazing side to Australian holiday culture“.

Vintage pastel colours and an old beater rewind to worry-free days of the past, as the playful new music video shows Ayre cruising down a windy Australian road, packed with the holiday essentials.

Expanding on the video, director Ollie Bert explains, “Tim and I really wanted to take a trip to Miami to shoot this clip but for some weird reason the planes weren’t flying. We instead used the budget to buy a car off a grumpy man named Greg and drove around for several days looking for Miami. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find it. As we drove, we kept having these strange visions of objects and names, it was as if we were being drawn toward some mysterious town. Tim reckons it’s Atlantis, I reckon we are going insane“.

Influenced by equal parts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and The Flaming Lips, “Miami Drive” is a carefree, lo-fi summer hit that certainly keeps things breezy and easy.