Quintet not too serious about Albany

A local Albany band says they have no political agenda after releasing a popular film clip which takes aim at the vacant Esplanade Hotel site.

Nothing Too Serious, who describe themselves as a parody “butchershop quintet”, released the film clip to their song Heartbreak Hotel on YouTube two weeks ago.

Musical director Steve Sweeney said the band, consisting of musicians Michael Cuddihy, Geoff Tite, Alan Cohen, Simon Smale and himself, had received plenty of feedback with the video registering more than 2500 hits.

“It hasn’t gone viral yet,” he said.

“We’re not running a political agenda, it’s just one of our many songs which we pick on local topics.”

The video, which took three hours to film and was produced by Lauchie Gillett, is the first of a number of shoots for the band.

Mr Sweeney said the parody quintet would not rest on just targeting the Esplanade site, but would tackle other local issues in the manner their name suggests.

The erosion at Emu Point is one of the issues on the potential list of parodies to scribe.

He said another “contentious” song about a former City of Albany chief executive would not be made into a film clip.

“We just sing that one at parties,” he joked.