VIDEO PREMIERE: Mark Tempany & Alison Hams – "Out Into The Blue"

If you’re a fan of Mark Tempany & Alison Hams, chances are you’re already familiar with Out Into The Blue, the title track of their 2023 self-produced album.

But today, in a Countrytown exclusive, we can show you the brand new music video for the song.

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The pair dropped Out Into The Blue album back in May last year, inspired by COVID lockdown. It follows Tempany and Hams’ love story - a boy from the lush sub-tropics of Queensland meets a girl from the desert… and their inspiring music adventure together begins.

The song is driven by the evocative tribal percussions of Nashville’s Kayleigh Moyer, whom the pair can’t speak more highly of.

“Kayleigh is a brilliant live and session drummer who plays all over the world. But, even beyond those skills, her range and interpretation in orchestral percussion made her an obvious choice for our song. Her work is pivotal in making Out Into The Blue so unique and memorable,” Tempany said.

As for the music video itself, it showcases the stunning landscape of South Australia’s Woomera Plateau, a whopping 490 kilometres north of Adelaide.
"We wanted this song to take listeners (and now viewers) out over that far horizon, and soaring into the endless colours of the outback sky" said Hams. "We're not just sharing our music - we're sharing our life and our home".

The film was shot by the pair themselves, with just one cinema camera, over three days of sunrises and sunsets. Each day brought a 50 kilometre commute from the Woomera township and a new set of challenges.

“The Woomera Plateau is a vast and barren landscape - so to be setting up and pulling down by torchlight in otherwise absolute darkness is a challenge. The almost ceaseless strong wind, dust - and let's not even start on the bush flies - take constant management, before you even look at what you're filming,” Tempany said.

“Because of the isolation we also have to be incredibly prepared before we leave base - camera batteries need to be BIG and fully charged, everything we need needs to be in our kit because once we're on-location there's no electricity, and no turning back. Our chosen site was only accessible by a rough dirt track, and given the endless horizon out there every sunset and sunrise saw a very small window of opportunity for us to shoot footage. The light changes incredibly quickly - you go from complete darkness to far too bright to film in about 45 minutes.”

Hams continued: “Our approach does bring limitations - but it also means we have to do things very differently to everyone else - we think in a good way. That's why what we're producing is unlike anything else ‘out there’ these days. We don't want to look like everyone else - and we want to do justice to these incredibly remote and inspiring places that most people will never get to actually experience.”

“It's an absolute privilege having access to these places, and under such incredibly empty and inspiring conditions. At every moment, you feel that you're making something special, and memories that will live far beyond your own lifetime. Being out there at dawn on ANZAC Day, with Out Into The Blue at maximum volume echoing across the far horizon, is special. The best things in life aren't always easy - but if we can share just a little of this with our viewers then that's a wonderful achievement.” 

Watch the music video for Out Into The Blue below.