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Amy worked in the record business at Enigma, Elektra, Virgin and Sub Pop before she got sucked into the technology vortex. She co-founded the Backwards Beekeepers, a chemical-free urban beekeeping collective in Los Angeles. She runs digital marketing for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and The Hollywood Bowl.

  • Kenmrph

    Ray Wise looks like he’s aged a good 5 or 6 years since Twin Peaks

  • penguinchris

    The song is strongly reminiscent of some of the music from Twin Peaks, but definitely less weird by itself (the Twin Peaks music is bizarre even separated from the show) – which they then make up for with the weird video of course.

    • Boundegar

      Really?  I found the TP soundtrack calm and pretty.  Which part was bizarre?

      • IronEdithKidd

        He must not like ambient a whole lot. :/

  • http://twitter.com/randywalters Randy Walters

    Mere words cannot express the ineffable bliss that suffuses my very being as a result of viewing this video. 

    The owls are not what they seem. 

    And damn, it’s great to see Ray Wise. We have the same initials, you know.

    • Kenmrph

      Yes I know!

      • http://twitter.com/randywalters Randy Walters

        It means a lot to me that someone noticed.

  • naufragio

    I like the Eric cameo midway thru — in case you weren’t sure what you were watching, here’s a tip…

  • millie fink

    Thanks, I thoroughly enjoyed that shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/brian.jenkins.125323 Brian Jenkins

    Man… seeing Beach House live must melt your brian

    • Roose_Bolton

      You’d best stay far away then, Mr. Jenkins…your Brian is all you have.

  • http://www.acmedigital.com ebiii

    Holy Shit that was nice!  I’ve been working on a music video recently (mostly 3D rendered) and I could not help seeing this piece as a storyboard.  The director is genius.  The shots just melt together.  Really, really well executed.  And yeah, that Twin Peaks feel to the music.

  • feetleet

    The shit you fogeys got named. 

  • robuluz

    The song is awesome, I’m gonna look these guys up. I’d probably prefer a more traditional treatment for the video, I think Eric’s style is a little shouty, but that probably just means I’m an old fart who doesn’t ‘get’ the kids these days, so you know, why do I bother.

    Edit: Just listened to Bloom on Youtube. Wonderful, wonderful stuff. Just reminiscent enough of Cocteau Twins to stir me, while not really sounding anything like them. Thanks Amy!

    Edit edit: After some thought, I think my comments above are restricted to the work as a video for the song. viewing the song as a soundtrack to the video, I enjoy the whole thing much more.

  • Preston Sturges

    R. Crumb would have liked those cheerleaders.

  • Drabula

    Excellent stuff. Kind of in the same category as Serafinowicz’s Hot Chip vid.

  • vonbobo

    LOVELY! (sorry for shouting!)

  • http://twitter.com/bigbadchang Chang Terhune

    holygoddamn batman.

    beach house = awesome

    ray wise = awesome

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=1118134806 Doc_S

    From us over here in B’more… you’re welcome. ;)  And y’all just think we’re a vast swath of The Wire punctuated by running gun battles.

    • Antinous / Moderator

      And y’all just think we’re a vast swath of The Wire punctuated by running gun battles.

      I always thought that you lived in a vast swath of early rock and roll punctuated by 300-lb drag queens sex-dancing down the streets.