Lovely Feathers - Frantic (Jon R. Rafman) at Shots Ring Out

We all have heard of the Lovely Feathers, blah blah blah…….they play an upbeat rhythmic rock, full of dance tendencies and off kilter vocals, blah blah blah….they hail from the same location as many of your other favorite bands of moment, yes Montreal, and seem to enjoy making music together. Their live show is a testament to that; not only have I heard (around the water cooler) great things about them live, but my two song witnessing leads me to believe it’s the truth…blah blah blah.

Moving onto the video, ‘Frantic’ is an aptly titled song for this collection of images, as there is a lot of busy shots and quick cuts. It’s mostly composed of old stock footage with silly colors being animated and drawn over it, coupled with some shots of the band in 70’s garb trying to fit in with the shots. It reminds me of the Rapture video of the same ilk, while not as fun, it does feature the same ‘draw with color’ effects that heighten the faster moments of the song. It’s pretty abstract and hectic, which is fine and works well with the song but at times leaves me wanting more. As I already stated before, they have great energy as a band and I would have liked to see that come across better visually. Either way, the video does its job of selling the song and giving a visual accompaniment to the music, so bravo all around (kinda). If you haven’t checked out their release Hind Hind Legs you should make sure you go out and do that, definitely a top 30 album of the year, maybe even 25 depending on the weather.