New Walkmen Video - "Four Provinces"

In this clip for one of You & Me's many clippable tracks, the Walkmen are a lot like the Polyphonic Spree and Kaki King in that they made an animated video from a shit ton of still photos. However they earn bonus points of distinction in that their shots are of the Nepali Kagbeni Mustang region, which makes for a far more culturally stimulating set of frames. Bruno Levy is the photographer who lent his .jpgs to the endeavor, and here he collages together a narrative which follows a local girl through the valleys and the plains and to an eventual, happy reunion, the Walkmens' croons and rim clicks unfolding as she steps.

(via P4K)

The Walkmen weren't in this video because they weren't in the Himalayas at the time, and because occasionally they are not great on camera. You & Me is out via Gigantic.

Posted at 5:24 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: The Walkmen

14 Comments

I muted the volume and played back AC's "Taste" instead

Posted by: try it at 02/03/09 5:56 PM  | Reply
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why? four provinces is a great great song.

Posted by: kd  in reply to try it's comment at 02/03/09 6:21 PM  | Reply
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are you trying to sound like a pretentious asshole?

Posted by: Zach  in reply to try it's comment at 02/03/09 8:59 PM  | Reply
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good to know

Posted by: Alex  in reply to try it's comment at 02/04/09 3:01 AM  | Reply
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The best song on the album if you ask me... and the album's pretty great

Posted by: Andreas at 02/03/09 8:14 PM  | Reply
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I agree completely. It's very solid album that is tirelessly consistent in quality from start to end, but for my tastes 'Four Provinces' stands as one of The Walkmen's crowning achievements. It just fits together beautifully.

I'm at work, so I can't watch the video yet, but I'm really excited about it.

Posted by: zayin_451  in reply to Andreas's comment at 02/03/09 9:02 PM  | Reply
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This is a beautiful

Posted by: fanoftheuniverse at 02/03/09 8:36 PM  | Reply
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it's nice to see that in the "day and age" (ahem) of shitty 'indie' bands with over-produced, under-whelming albums/videos a great, but massively under-appreciated, band can produce something so beautiful on a shoe-string budget. well done fellas.

Posted by: FOCKS /// at 02/04/09 4:09 AM  | Reply
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amen!

Posted by: woo!  in reply to FOCKS ///'s comment at 02/04/09 12:10 PM  | Reply
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Just wait, once the Walkmen are used for a feature film's soundtrack or a popular commercial, the general population will actually come to acknowledge them. That's the 'indie' gold standard isn't it?
(I agree with your sentiment with the exceptions of any video directed by Patrick Daughters, Shynola, or Spike Jones)

Posted by: Versh  in reply to FOCKS ///'s comment at 02/04/09 6:28 PM  | Reply
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We've Been Had Was in a major commercial. And they we're on The OC. It didn't work

Posted by: dude  in reply to Versh's comment at 02/04/09 8:56 PM  | Reply
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These guys deserve to be the biggest band in indie rock.

Posted by: Voyno at 02/04/09 12:12 PM  | Reply
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that was sooooooooooo sweet! couldnt be better! walkmen rock!

Posted by: nadsat at 02/05/09 1:44 AM  | Reply
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just found a blog post about another video made by the same director

http://www.trashmenagerie.com/blog/2009/02/05/sialagogue-making-waves/

Posted by: video voyeur at 02/06/09 12:47 AM  | Reply
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