Yesterday we announced that we would be premiering Sacramento, CA-based progressive rock band A Lot Like Birds‘ music video for “Connector” and here it is! The video, which was animated by John Howe, is a phantasmagoric, psychedelic journey through one of the most mind bending houses you’ve ever seen. It’s a visually arresting, incredibly hypnotic video with some truly beautiful visual and artistic styles. I’ll say this, it kept me guessing the whole way through and it’s quickly become one of my personal favorite videos! Check it out below!
“Connector” comes from the band’s new album No Place. You can order it digitally via iTunes or physically via MerchNow.
Photo Credit: Stephanie Horvilleur
Vocalist/lyricist Cory Lockwood states, “Even though we put everything we had into painting the picture of the No Place house through words and sound on the album, John Howe crafted a visual tour for all of us, starting in the only place that connects all rooms to one another. If the house is a creature, the hallway is its spine and as it falls apart, so does everything it touches. The deterioration of an entire body of rooms based on the fall of an overlooked structure that holds them together was the founding theme of “Connector”. And as we explored that idea, we noticed more and more. The similarities between passing through a hallway and passing our time, the way we hang pictures of ourselves along the wall but never look at them, the people we run into when we go anywhere (not necessarily as literal as from one room to another in a house) and how easily we view them as obstacles and forget them or figure out better ways to get around them.”
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A Lot Like Birds tour dates w/Sianvar, Stolas, and The Venetia Fair
Jan 08 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Jan 09 Sacramento, CA @ Luigi’s
Jan 10 Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
Jan 11 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Jan 12 Las Vegas, NV @ Ultra Violet Lounge
Jan 13 Phoenix, AZ @ The Underground
Jan 14 El Paso, TX @ The Percolator
Jan 15 San Antonio, TX @ Korova Underground
Jan 16 Houston, TX @ Mangos
Jan 17 Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman Hall
Jan 18 St. Louis, MO @ The Demo
Jan 19 Indianapolis, IN @ Hoosier Dome
Jan 20 Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
Jan 21 Providence, RI @ Columbus Club
Jan 22 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
Jan 23 Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar
Jan 24 Kent, OH @ Outpost
Jan 25 Detroit, MI @ Paycheck’s Lounge
Jan 26 Darien, IL @ Q Bar and Grill
Jan 27 Des Moines, IA @ The House of Bricks
Jan 28 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
Jan 29 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Shred Shed
Jan 31 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
Feb 01 Portland, OR @ Branx
Feb 02 Chico, CA @ 1078 Gallery
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