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Grandbrothers "Bloodflow" (Hugo Jenkins, dir.)

Dusseldorf duo Grandbrothers have today shared the first taste of their new record, with Hugo Jenkins' enchanting video for Bloodflow.

The video for Bloodflow is an abstract exploration of memory and family.

Grandbrothers' Sophomore LP ‘Open’, which is to be released on October 20th 2017, explores dimensions at which their debut ‘Dilation' only hinted. The duo has also confirmed live dates including a tour with Bonobo.

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Junior Boys "Over It" (Lee Skinner, dir.)

From "Junior Boys Share VHS Fantasy Video For 'Over It'" on Thump:

...Directed by Canadian filmmaker, Lee Skinner, it starts with a lone bearded figure sitting in silence in a bar, then seems to travel into his VHS-styled fantasy of "directing" of a Junior Boys video. It's all fittingly outfitted with kitschy green screen effects and low budget charm.

In a previous THUMP interview, the band said that the song is about a "local eccentric" who frequents The Brain, a bar in Hamilton, Ontario co-owned by band member Jeremy Greenspan. It doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to suggest that the video's star might just be that man himself, perhaps pictured in that very bar—a well-earned cameo, if so...

The video does indeed feature the man that inspired the song: Hamilton musician, painter, and writer Martin Verrall. It was one of the many ideas that Jeremy Greenspan had when he came to me about doing a video for "Over It." Other elements he wanted to incorporate references to Hilarious House of Frightenstein (especially the Wolf Man), and inspiration from Beat Club, SCTV, and an old music video for German artist Andreas Dorau. It was my job synthesize these ideas into a cohesive video. Hope you enjoy it. - Lee Skinner, director

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Calexico "Falling From The Sky" (Mikel Cee Karlsson, dir.)

Falling From The Sky, or How Jose Gonzalez Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Worm. 

Oddities abound here — from Jose Gonzalez being in a video for Calexico song that actually features Band Of Horses singer Ben Bridwell, to the creepy relationship with an ugly worm — but answers might be forthcoming in a follow-up video that's for a Gonzalez track. Or maybe not.