The art of the music video is a subtle and intricate one. A video can be the perfect tool the artist can use to direct the listener towards or away from his creative vision. Frightened Rabbit, one of my preferred Indie bands of the the new millenium, has a really interesting video for one of the singles off Pedestrian Verse, their most recent album, which was released in February 2013.
The video seems to focus on the scene of a murder/accidental death. Throughout, you always half expect a cut, to be followed by a sequence of events explaining the situation played in reverse. Thankfully this never happens. That's an all too familiar style for me.
On my first viewing, my critique was that they use a 70s style cop car and news camera, while everything else is very clearly happening in today's world: iPhones are present, more recent Crown Vics can be seen driving by in the background, the newscaster's haircut, the pedestrian crossing signals (NYC only recently replaced the "WALK" and "DON'T WALK" signs with a red hand and a pedestrian) and the bodega (deli, depanneur, etc...) all have elements of today's world.
No matter, these have all grown on me, they add to a decontextualizing and disorienting effect.
Enjoy!
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