(don't self-deprecate) - I found this video be quite the earworm, it's very visually-striking, and while it may be disturbing to a few, I also found it hilarious.
(because I'm a weirdo ; dammit, I said don't.) Ialso think it's a right-convincing coincidental
accoutrement to my previously-embarked "Surreal Scapes".
(because I'm a shill, and I think I've turned the TFP into my massive, sub-categorized "blog".)
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Low Shoulder
Directed by Elisha Smith-Leverock & Chris Murdoch
Produced and Edited by Stamp Films (Ryan Boucher)
Music by Toro Y Moi
Released on August 21, 2010
Distributed by Carpark Records
{If you'd prefer to view the video on YT, you may click HERE}
Low Shoulder was shot in studio and on location at the Marina Cafe on Mare Street, Hackney on very small budget with the help of a rather energetic and like-minded crew.
author's comments:
For the video to Toro Y Moi's latest single "Low Shoulder" the directors Elisha Smith-Leverock and Chris Murdoch have drawn inspiration from everything from pulp magazines and
Cinderella to sploshing and mono-brows. It's a nod to Italo-horror flics form the 70s and 80s. It features an appearance by 60s
It-girl Daphne Sherman, wife of the legendary mod tailor Ben Sherman, who stars as a demented ballroom dancing reject / waitress.
"According to Chaz the song was written for his girlfriend asking her to not fall asleep whilst driving.
We based the video on the idea of this sleep-deprived girl calling at a roadside diner for a coffee.
Next thing you know she's semi-conscious and experiencing some really weird sh**"