Melbourne’s Society of Beggars have chosen Father’s Day to release ‘Orbs’, a special song for the day.
‘Orbs’ is dedicated to singer Yianni and guitarist Jim Michalopoulos, whose father recently passed away. The video combines recent footage and super 8 family home videos and also pays homage to their father’s love of old Sci-Fi films and his time in his band from the 80’s, Vertical Hold.
Society of Beggars self-produced the video.
In a statement, Society of Beggars explains:
“Last November we lost our greatest supporter, our voice of reason, our guiding light and the reason that music runs in our blood in the first place; our father, Miki Michalopoulos.
While recording, we called him every day from the studio, tired from working into the late hours; but he always instilled in us a sense of purpose and strength that kept us going. Not long after we finished recording he passed from complications arising from Lymphoma. His illness ran for only 7 months and consumed our lives. When Yianni visited him during this time he put headphones on his head and pushed play on the EP. And my father cried. Whatever happens with this recording, this is the memory that truly matters.
As well as being the first musician I truly looked up to, my father was a consummate storyteller. He’d always tell my brother and me that the story is the most important part of any piece of art, or of anything worth its salt in life.
With that in mind, this one goes out to all of you; the dreamers, the grieving and lost, the ones whose hearts are so full they feel as though they’re about to burst, the lovers and the lonely.
But most of all this one goes out to our Dad.”
