Marissa Nadler has directed a gorgeous new video for her track “All the Colors of the Dark,” and something tells me it will be up for consideration come year’s end when we round up the best videos of 2016. Inspired by the “beautiful phantasmagoric worlds” of The Brothers Quay, Francesca Woodman, Jan Švankmajer, and others, Nadler uses the intimate confines of her home to create a lovely stop-motion homage to the filmmakers. In discussing “All the Colors of the Dark,” she explains:
“In the video, everyday objects move on their own, representing a lingering presence in my life…Little by little, throughout the course of the song and video, the leaves and vines are pushed back into the drawers as time slowly creeps by. I rearrange the photos on the wall that have inexplicably moved, and among other things, shut the windows and blinds that keep opening by themselves. With each spin of the trees, seasons pass, and I pace around the house.”
Haunted by this lingering presence, be it “memory” or “true apparition”, its spell is finally broken, or as Nadler says, “With the death of the figure at the end of the video, that presence is vaporized.”
Look for “All the Colors of the Dark” on Marissa Nadler’s upcoming LP Strangers due out May 18th via Sacred Bones. The musician will also launch a US and European tour beginning this April. Here are the upcoming dates…
April 21 ? Bellingham, WA ? The Shakedown *
April 22 ? Seattle, WA ? Tractor Tavern *
April 23 ? Portland, OR ? Doug Fir Lounge *
April 25 ? Santa Ana, CA ? Constellation Room *
April 26 ? San Diego, CA ? The Casbah *
April 27 ? Los Angeles, CA ? Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery *
April 28 ? Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery *
April 29 ? San Francisco, CA ? The Independent *
May 18 ? Brooklyn, NY ? Union Pool
May 24 – Brighton, UK – Prince Albert
May 25 – London, UK – St Johns
May 26 – Manchester, UK – Soup Kitchen
May 27 – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
May 28 – Dublin, IE – Button Factory
May 29 – Cork, IE – Cyprus Avenue
May 31 – Leeds, UK – The Brudenell Social Club
June 1 – Bristol, UK – Louisiana
June 2 – Lille, FR – La P?niche
June 3 – Paris, FR – Centre Fleury Goutte dor Barbara
June 4 – Brugge, BE – Cactus Club
June 5 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
June 7 – Hamburg, DE – Stubnitz
June 8 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega
June 9 – Berlin, DE – Roter Salon
* – w/ Black Mountain
