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I fell like this video by Okkervil River doesn’t match the song. But after watching it several times, I found myself appreciating each part separately.
This video is trying to take two artistic mediums and throw them in a
blender; instead of Margaritas they got and chunky clumps of paint
trying desperately to attach to their favorite cord.
Refusing to
give up on the video itself, I tuned out the song and played this video
to several tracks in my music library. If you ignore the lipsynch and
the band gratuitously appearing in the wilderness, the best match
visual/audio match I could find was with “Free Until They Cut Me Down”
by Iron and Wine.
Still not entirely satisfied I closed my eyes,
listened to the song and visualized each idea. I can see
where the creative content for this video may have stemmed from, but I
fell like it would have been far more effective using black and white
with a gritty texture, combining static landscapes with intimate
close-Ups. Frantically lost with nowhere to turn, haunted by deamons
while looking for some one to free you from the monster you hide
inside. Heavy stuff. I like the song but I think they should give this
video another go.
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(a gritty black and white video would have been killer-tastical).