The Monsters Of Folk are adrift in a war when they stumble upon an oasis of music and community and rollerskating. The rollerskating combo with the old timey vibe is not as incongruous as you'd think, having been appropriately compared to the infamous rollerskate dance scene from the even more infamous flick Heaven's Gate, an ill-fated, overlong, and way over budget box office bomb. Don't read too much into that though, because this musical collaboration between My Morning Jacket mastermind Jim James, Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst and his musical foil Mike Mogis, plus solo artist and She & Him member M. Ward has already garnered lots of critical acclaim and commercial success. In fact, this video from director Lance Accord — best known as the DP for Spike Jonze — is everything Heaven's Gate was aparently not: Short, fun, and memorable for all the right reasons. --> watch "Say Please" via Yahoo, plus nab a free download of the track via broadcast premiere partner IFC (sponsored by Shangri-La Records, promoted by Video Static)
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Monsters Of Folk "Say Please" (Shangri-La)
Lance Acord, director | Mary Ann Marino, producer | Park Pictures, production co
