Don't get unnerved by the opening strains and the foreboding repetition of that double yellow line: This ain't "Karma Police;" it's something much more fun.
Director Hiro Murai keeps the surprises coming in this sneaky one-take where Spoon mainman Britt Daniel calmly and cooly crusises away from an L.A. that's facing mass destuction at the hands of some unlikely monsters.
There's no finer place or time for an epiphany or a breakdown than a late night visit to the diner....
PS: Don't tune out after the final revolution since Childish — or, one of his personalities — heads out to the woods for some darker/weirder soul searching...
Dear Japanese businessmen: Think twice before you go out partying with QOTSA genius Josh Homme. He's a bad influence, even if both nights don't devolve into psychotropical violence.
On the plus side, he is really good at Karaoke and will stick around to help bury the bodies.
At its simplest, this is Childish Gambino and a teddy bear on a Ferris Wheel. But, things get way trickier as the ride progresses and the camera takes flight so we can see what they see.
We glide forward with the momentum of "Seven Nation Army" along a "Lost Highway," but with a noir vibe all its own and a centerpiece that makes clear that neither Cults member will be able to get back where they began.
This teaser for the upcoming short-film Clapping For The Wrong Reason doesn't provide enough meat to really determine what it's gonna be — perhaps we need one of those "In a world where..." voiceovers — but it does look intriguing with a cast that ranges from Flying Lotus to porn star Abella Anderson, and, of course, actor Donald "Childish Gambino" Glover himself.
Personally, I like to think it's gonna be an indierap mash-up of Slacker and Sunset Boulevard...
Welcome back to the nightmarish world of Earl Sweatshirt and director Miro Hurai. Things are a hair brighter than they were in "Chum," but it's just as compelling and just as creeptastic.
