Sunday, September 21, 2014

Radical Face's Video for "Holy Branches"

Something really resonates for me with the song "Holy Branches" by Radical Face, a musical stage name for Ben Cooper. The video further reinforces that resonance. The video is a bit melancholy, a bit weird, and quite beautiful. It perfectly captures the tone of the song with appropriate dream-like surreality. It deserves millions of views in my opinion.

"But everybody's bones are just holy branches
Cast from trees to cut patterns into the world
And in time we find some shelter
Spill our leaves and then sleep in the Earth
And when we're there we'll belong
'cause the Earth don't give a damn if you're lost"



Within 24 hours of discovering it, I watched the video roughly 15 times, and I liked it more each time. I've known of Radical Face for a few years already, and this song is from the excellent recent release "Family Tree: the Branches," which also includes the stellar song "The Mute" (video at http://youtu.be/QRqKVo8oUn4).

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