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Simon Raymonde

John Grant, author of the wonderful and amazing Queen Of Denmark album a couple of years ago (that produced a couple of great videos by Casey and Ewan), is back with a new record for 2013. And, evidently a new bigger, cinematic sound, if lead-off single Pale Green Ghosts is anything to go by. It has certainly inspired a suitably cinematic, and enigmatic video by Alex Southam. Grant is a compelling, brooding presence throughout, and entirely in keeping with his largely autobiographical songwriting, appears racked by inner demons, as he drives onto Dartmoor, and starts digging &ndash; apparently to dispose of the object in the boot of the car... But a distinct storyline remains tantalisingly out of reach...&quot;The idea behind the video I suppose was to create a deconstructed/abstracted narrative which was very much left open to interpretation by the viewer,&quot; says Alex Southam. &quot;I wanted to use longer edits, lingering on John&#39;s performance plus repetition to underpin a sense of autophobia and self-loathing - which if you know anything about John Grant could be interpreted as pretty close to the bone.&quot;John Grant Pale Green Ghosts (Bella Union) Director: Alex Southam Producer: Imogen Rigby DP: Paul Newton Commissioner: Simon Raymonde Special Thanks: Hello Media Representation: OBmanagement&nbsp;

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John Grant 'Pale Green Ghosts' by Alex Southam

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This is a lovely song by the Danish band Our Broken Garden, and what seems like a simple Bolex-shot video by Phil Molloy - featuring their very watchable vocalist Anna - turns out to be quite strange and clever too. Involving lots of old-fashioned white A-frame tents.

Phil says: "It was shot in Denmark, in the surrounding area to where Anna and Soren from the band live. I wrote the treatment, and then realised that you can't really get 'A' frame tents anymore, let alone white ones. So I ended up having to make them.
"We also got stampeded by horses on the shoot!"
As you can see.

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