TESS PARKS - DO YOU PRAY?

Following 'Happy Birthday Forever' and 'Brexit At Tiffany's', 'Do You Pray?' is the third single to be lifted from Tess Parks' new album, 'And Those Who Were Seen Dancing', out May 20 on Fuzz Club & Hand Drawn Dracula | Stream/buy: https://tessparks.lnk.to/dancing

Song by Tess Parks
Dance by Mark Wagner
Video by Gsus Lopez

“​​Mark Wagner is seen whirling like a dervish, a sacred dance derived from the ancient Sufi practise, ritual and meditation of the 'Sema'. The dance is trance and euphoria-inducing and offers a sense of connectedness and expansiveness among many other virtues. I have been a fan of Mark Wagner for years now. I can’t even remember how I came across him, but I would always watch his videos and be absolutely mesmerised.

I messaged him late last year and asked him to dance in this video and I said he could choose wherever he wanted to in the whole world to film it. Our correspondence was no more than a few e-mails back and forth, not even a phone call. He sent me this video and I was actually speechless. Not only had I been unaware that he was based in London, but we had shot outtakes for the 2018 album cover with Anton [Newcombe] at the exact location that he had chosen. Mysticism at its finest!” – Tess Parks