Mississauga, Ont. rock band Soul Nidus got a surprisingly huge boost on Tuesday (April 13) when an unofficial YouTube video posted five months ago for their "Clown On Strike" was placed on Coldplay's official website.

 

Soul Nidus singer/guitarist Ehsan Ashrafi discovered where the video was early Tuesday morning. The number of views increased over the day with more than 1,800 views as of 3 p.m. ET that day.

 

"Our unofficial video for the song 'Clown On Strike' from our upcoming album has been picked up by none other than COLDPLAY," the band wrote on their MySpace page on Tuesday. "The band has always been a major influence of ours, so to say we are thrilled is a massive understatement."

 

The video — which was shot in black-and-white and directed by the band’s Salman Ashrafi — took over 10 hours to create and is a combination of 5,438 photos.

 

In related news, Soul Nidus will soon release a double A-side single from their forthcoming album. It will include the songs "Accident or Design" and "Song Of Hope."

 

The band's latest album — which is still untitled — was partially mastered at London, England's famed Abbey Road Studios. Soul Nidus previously spent some time in the U.K. performing some intimate live shows behind their previous effort, STOIC.

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=200yZf9Bkm8]YouTube- SOUL NIDUS - "CLOWN ON STRIKE" (with Lyrics)[/ame]

That song is really good! :)

I can tell that Coldplay was an influence. I can tell by the jacket :rolleyes:

This is a good song! They picked a good band to be an influence. ;)