Remember a few months ago when we mentioned that an Australian version of the Take Away Show was in town for two days? Back in July, I was lucky enough to randomly end up at Cartopia just as whimsical-pop trio Nurses were filming their take in front of Potato Champion. I later met producer Amelia Tovey and talked to her about her online video project, Shoot the Player. It’s a little later than they expected, but Shoot the Player has finally released the first few gems from the sessions: a series of clips with Tender Forever, including Melanie Valera’s cute cover of Justin Timberlake’s “My Love” filmed in the Ladd’s Addition rose garden.

Tender Forever: My Love (Justin Timberlake) + Boyz II Men outro. from shoottheplayer.com on Vimeo.

Here’s what Tovey says about the project:

I was in Portland for 48 hours. On our first night there Tender Forever happened to be playing a gig in a square downtown along with Nurses & some other bands. Her passionate Wii drumming & offstage unplugged ukulele playing had us hooked. We arranged to meet up the next day & shoot a couple of tracks – when we arrived at her place she suggested we drive to a pretty location she knew, and 20 minutes later deep in the suburbs of Portland, we found ourselves in the aptly romantic setting of an enormous rose garden.

Southeast Portland’s not quite the suburbs, but still. This footage is great, and I can’t wait to see what see did with Lovers and Nurses. Here are two more videos from Ladd’s Addition.

Tender Forever: Every Monday & Boy Life In America from shoottheplayer.com on Vimeo.

Tender Forever: Take It Off from shoottheplayer.com on Vimeo.

Links:
Tender ForeverSpace
Shoot the Player

Screen cap taken from the video