Author | Winter Mendelson
In the summer of 2013, Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund their album titled The Shape the Color The Feel. Produced by Konrad Snyder (Kopecky Family Band) and Jordan Lehning (Caitlin Rose) and recorded in Nashville, they reached their goal, and now have turned their attention toward visuals. The band is working with ten film makers to create music videos and short films to accompany each song. “We will release each film serially as the album rolls out along with an experimental documentary that retrospectively features the community that this collaborative venture will inevitably foster.” The album, coming February 11th, will be released on a limited edition 180 gram vinyl featuring art by Australian artist Jessie English. She also created an accompanying photo installation, which is set to show in select galleries this year.
This of course sounds familiar, in the wake of Beyonce’s newly released self-titled “Visual Album” that features a music video with each song. However, KT + SOS have a slightly different variation. The filmmakers have complete artistic control, going by their own interpretation of the music to create the videos. The result is a wildly diverse video compilation, as each filmmaker has an individual reaction to the music.
The first visual installment for the song “Looking Around” made its debut on the Vinyl District, and the second visual story for the song “Blue Hotel” (featured image by Jesse English) was released in conjunction with the Nashville Indie Spotlight, a compilation featuring 30 of Nashville’s best up and coming artists. Just today the mini-movie for “Hangover” was released via the film and music hub Way Too Indie. Way Too Indie will also be hosting a joint interactive interview and discussion (via Google Hangout) with music maker Kate Tucker and film maker Jessie English about the video and overall project this Wednesday (1/15) from 2:30 – 3:00pm. You can RSVP to their discussion here.
Check out the newly-released video for “Hangover” below as well as videos for “Looking Around” and “Blue Hotel.”
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