The music video for “Metonymy” demonstrates every video8 —> VCR glitch and magic trick possible, yet the effect is not jarring. It is calming. Indeed, the joggles pair well with the music: a drowsy easy ride, on inflatables swans not magic carpets, towards the heavens, pillowy unknowns and white satin, where Mother Abagail not Saint Peter waits in rocking chair. Nemo, wake!
The joggles are not so boggling… in part, because of the video’s content, mainly plain-and-simple here-it-is Our house / In the middle of the street content (but wait, is that Laika holding an American flag in his mouth?), made plainer by low saturation… in part, because of the sheer volume of fast-forward glitches, jumps, video feedback and magic tricks… in part, because of the sleepwalkin’ and heady drift of the music, which bypasses any disquietude.
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