July Talk just released a brand new video for "Picturing Love", which is perfect because their new album Touch has been in HIGH rotation for me as of late.
The director of the video said: “Picturing Love was born out of a discussion with July Talk about the effect of modern technology on relationships. There is a sense that the plethora of different screens we use to try to feel connected, actually have the opposite effect. They either distort reality, giving us a pornographic version of romance, or worse they become a mirror, showing us only narcissistic images of ourselves.” He continued, “I pictured a relationship. Two people staring at each other, but between those two people are layer after layer of disorienting screens. These supposedly connected individuals are actually separated by social media, television, pornography and the vast internet. At the end of the video, the two characters turn and for the first time see each other with no screen, between them. They were in the same room the entire time, but distracted by each others "image." Something I think we can all relate to.”
And if you haven't seen July Talk live, you HAVE to catch one of their two shows at the Commodore later this month, on the 23rd and 25th. Seeing them live is the sonic equivalent of being kicked in the teeth, if being kicked in the teeth was an immensely pleasant experience.
