Huge Thief have enlisted Adrianne Lenker’s brother, Noah, to direct a video for his or her Double Infinity observe “Phrases.” Within the quick, the band indulges in mystical actions—conjuring, transmogrifying, studying alphabetti spaghetti tea leaves—in varied rural settings, utilizing the facility of phrases to unlock mysteries of the universe. Be part of them beneath.
That is Huge Thief’s first music video since 2017’s “Mythological Magnificence” to not be primarily based on a stay efficiency. Right here, Noah Lenker displays on it in an announcement befitting the playful tone of the video itself: “The finite meanings of our phrases embody the boundaries of how we understand actuality. But… there are occasions when cosmic bubbles breach via our spirit’s wellspring and problem forth different sensations—glimmers of prospects, ineffable vastness, and mystagogic connectedness past the horizon the place language dissolves. Can we wield phrases, or do our phrases wield us? And the way might we reshape and form anew phrases that can higher support us? Typically we should play with the letters of our alphabet soup, typically we should combust our pencils to then scribe novel glyphs of empowerment into the sands of time.”
Double Infinity got here out final week, the band’s first document for the reason that departure of bassist Max Oleartchik. Learn Emma Madden’s new profile “Huge Thief on Love, Politics, and Staying Collectively.”
