A war story that tiptoes into a magical dance reality.
James Lees, director: "We wanted to create something inherently musical and entertaining whilst still being a meditation on the themes within the song. Being lost and directionless and the inherent human need to find a sense of belonging. The many false roads you find yourself down that ultimately fail to provide a purpose in life we all feel pressured to identify in adulthood." [via Pitchfork]
2015: A Space Odyssey, or The Loneliness of the Long Distance Space Traveler.
Either way, it's the first "proper" Alabama Shakes video, even if it's depiction of a potentially doomed astronaut is light years from what you were expecting from a chart-topping act.
A doubleshot video for "Slow Coming" and "Wicked Waters" that starts at the crossroads, climaxes in tragedy, and then ends with rock 'n'roll release and a whole lotta bravery.
And a door opens from the darkness and leads My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James into a blissful, yet surreal field where a bullheaded couple might get another shot at love.
Spaghetti Western star Lee Van Cleef comes back to life as a re-animated dead cowboy hellbent on revenge in this animated Primus video. --> watch "Lee Van Cleef"
Even though time moves so slowly that moss starts to form on everything, nothing can prevent the the horrific conclusion of music video that plays like a silent film directed by an existentialist. --> watch "Tamer Lives" plus a Making Of