WATCH IT: Edward Sharpe "Kisses Over Babylon"

Director Isaiah Seret and co-director Alex Ebert of The Masses reaches an epic scale in "Kisses Over Babylon," a trippy sci-fi piece that's much better described as a short film than a music video. Various classic films seem to have been on Seret's brain — I get vibes from The Last Temptation Of Christ, Caligula (ie: there are boobs) and even Conan The Barbarian (ok, maybe not) — delivering a sense of grandeur and ambition  that you rarely see, especially in videos for indie acts like Edward Shape & The Magnetic Zeroes. Even more ambitious, however, is that this video is actually a continuation of a clip that Benjamin Kutsko and Cory Marrero directed for the band's "Desert Song," and there are 10 more installments planned. Bad ass. --> watch "Kisses Over Babylon"

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
"Kisses Over Babylon" (Community/Rough Trade)
Isiah Seret, director | Alex Ebert, co-director | Michael Schifflett, producer | The Masses, production co | Eric MacIver, DP | Isiah Seret + Alex Ebert, editors |Eliot Hazel & Diana Contreras, wardrobe | Katie Byron, production designer | Ishi Glinsky, art director