The term “claymation” make my skin crawl. In light of that, let’s say that stop motion animation created with lovingly sculpted clay characters kicks some serious ass. Especially if it’s as good as Eric Power’s vid for Ranger 3’s “Sense of Direction.”
On a side note, I think the colour of perfectly sun-dabbled lucious green grass might be my favourite colour in the world. But I’m also fickle, so ask me again tomorrow…
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There’s nothing like a good, old skool folk song. This reminds me of sea shanties and tragic heroes, endless nights and the songs people sing when there’s no time or will or means to write their legends down on paper.
Jeff Moore’s “Only A Miner”, sublime in it’s straight-ahead lyrics and robust simplicity, reminds me of one of the best folk songs ever: Stan Rogers’ “Northwest Passage.” Yeah, I really am this folky. I didn’t just jump onto this whole Fleet Foxes new-folk bandwagon… I’ve been listening to the pastoral shit for years.
The vid for “Only A Miner”, created by Eric Power, is the perfect visual interpretation. The animation looks like it was made from slabs of rock itself, hewn from inside the very mine where the story takes place .
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