Transitioning to shots of Jesus

January 29, 2017 7:53 AM

"The Weather" is a concept album, not completely about Perth, but focusing on all the weird contradictory things that make up a lot of colonial cities around the world. Laying out all the dark things underneath the shimmering exterior of cranes, development, money and white privilege. It’s not our place, but it is our place. British, but Australian, but not REAL Australian.

Tame Impala offshoot band Pond have released a video for the first single off their forthcoming album, The Weather, Sweep Me Off My Feet (dir. Matt Sav). It is, as the NME puts it, a "dreamlike mix of juxtapositions: stock footage of office meetings, sunny getaways, mascara-soaked showers, debt ceilings, Jesus, and mindless self-congratulation."

On 9 November 2016, Pond released another single off the album, 30000 Megatons [YouTube fan video (advisory: Threads footage); Spotify], explaining, as Pitchfork reported, that "this song was going to be released with the rest of the album ... but today it seems like the right time.”

posted by Sonny Jim (2 comments total)

mascara-soaked showers

Am I doing it wrong? This never happens at my house
posted by thelonius at 9:47 AM on January 29, 2017 [2 favorites]

What is with these videos? Reminds me of this.
posted by benadryl at 11:28 AM on January 29, 2017