Drab Majesty release "Cape Perpetua" music video
Los Angeles darkwave act Drab Majesty have unveiled their "Cape Perpetua" music video today.
The visual, which can be seen below, was directed by John Elliott (Emeralds, Imaginary Softwoods). Elliott said this about working on the video:
"'Cape Perpetua' is a slow-rolling track with tessellating psychedelia which inspired me to channel my Joseph Cornell and late-era Brakhage appreciation. The goal was to capture simple objects moving in and out of stillness reflecting the ebb and flow of the widescreen guitar patterns. Upon discovering a partially dilapidated cemetery near my house, I found spinning pinwheels askew in the ground and late blooming flowers laced with synthetic flowers, all against a backdrop of partly cloudy skies and autumnal foliage. We explored this simple and profound surrealism by performing in-camera lap-dissolves and double exposures in an attempt to marry the ethereal magic of the song with the film we shot. The simplistic nature of Super 8 camera lenses paired with the imperfect nature of Super 8mm film creates a window into a world that feels like a distant cluster of memories, or a dream-like state complete with blurred edges and extemporaneous world-building."
"Cape Perpetua" comes from Drab Majesty’s new EP An Object In Motion, which is out on via Dais Records right now. Drab Majesty will be touring across Europe later this week. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now.
Drab Majesty tour dates
Oct 20 - Stockholm, Sweden @ HUS7
Oct 21 - Helsinki, Finland @ Ääniwalli
Oct 22 - Berlin, Germany @ Lido
Oct 25 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Musicbox
Oct 26 - Porto, Portugal @ Hard Club
Oct 27 - Madrid, Spain @ La Paqui
Oct 28 - Barcelona, Spain @ Apolo 2
Oct 30 - Nantes, France @ Le Ferrailleur
Oct 31 - Paris, France @ La Marbrerie
Nov 1 - Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland @ L'Amalgame
Nov 2 - Milan, Italy @ Barrio's
Nov 4 - Bologna, Italy @ Improved Sequence Festival
Nov 18 - Huntington Beach, CA @ Darker Waves
Dec 31 - Chicago, IL @ Beyond The Veil