Lionel Messi, Gary Lineker and The Comet Is Coming for New Walkers Campaign

AMV BBDO’s new spot for Walkers/Lays teams up acclaimeddirector Rollo Jackson (Somesuch) with animation house Machine Molle to capturethe excitement of Champions League football from the perspective of thearmchair fan.  The spot features brandambassador Gary Lineker, the world’s best footballer Lionel Messi and a brillianttrack from The Leaf Label’s The Comet Is Coming. 

Especially chosen for the ad by director Rollo Jackson fortheir anarchic energy, The Comet is Coming are band on the rise, picking up aMercury Prize nomination last year, and making it into Mojo and Uncut’s bestalbums of 2016 lists. They have alreadyfeatured in numerous “ones to watch for 2017” articles and with a new EP andtour on the horizon they look set to bring their unique cosmic jazz/rave soundto an even wider audience. 

The band are signed to the pioneering Leeds based, The LeafLabel - the first label to release records by influential acts like Caribou,Efterklang, Murcof and Susumu Yokota in the UK. Their roster is as vibrant asever and you can hear a selection of their finest tracks on the Spotify playlist below. The label is exclusively repped for sync by Woodwork Music.