While not the official video, our pal Scott does a beautiful rendition of the National’s Fake Empire. Shot on Kodachrome, (a format of reversal film no longer produced by Kodak – so every roll you shoot, that’s it. It’s on the verge of extinction), giving it a look of foreign noir, he captures the song’s sentiments of melancholia perfectly through quick peeks at the lives of others. It definitely tells a story and reminded me of last years video for ‘First Love’, by the Maccabees — how they used cuts of different people to give a glimpse into their secret hearts. Very similar idea here, where we just see shots of people in different situations and it’s up to us, the viewer, to interpret these scenes with the help of the music. My favorite and most poetic part, is near the end when the song picks up with the horns and hits its instrumental home stretch, we see the characters get drenched in light and the film looks to get burnt up. Suggesting to these people maybe that their is a light at the end of the tunnel — to persevere, or maybe to give up and step into the light, mimicking the popular notion of what it is to die. A beautiful video and I’m sad more people won’t see it. We hope you enjoy it.