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submitted by Nick Feb 23rd 2009 11:00 pm (stereogum.com)
When we evaluated the Black Lips' 200 Million Thousand, the general idea was catchy, interestingly textured songs, boringly predictable shtick. In the Chris Taylor-animated, drummer Joe Bradley-directed video for "Short Fuse" we get zero shtick, because the Atlanta band's not around to pour their PBR on our heads or remind us they once went to a strip bar. Instead, it's a literalist (and successfully vintage) take on the track: When Cole Alexander sings about eyes wide open, we see wide open eyes; the postman lyric brings the postman. We also see Humpty Dumpty have a great fall and, of course, plenty of (surprisingly handsome) short-fused TNT do its thing.Continue reading New Black Lips Video - "Short Fuse"...
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