I love the video for The New Year’s “The End’s Not Near” probably even more than I liked the song in the first place. I know I’m sort of breaking my promise not to flood the site with Pitchfork.tv videos, but this one is worth it. I like the playfulness of the moving camera and bicyclist, but I think what really makes it is the color of the dawn sky over - what is it - an overgrown parking lot next to an out of use airport? Their website says they have a new album coming out in September. Happy 4th, kids.
This music as well as the video are new to me and they’ve both really grown on me. There’s something bizarrely engaging about watching this video. But for the first time in a long time I find the lyrics match the evocative power of the music. Thanks!
I believe it’s the old Mueller Airport in Austin. It was razed a few years back to make way for a new urbanist development. If that is in fact the case, the orientation of the parking lot to the terminal would put the video’s shooting at dusk, rather than dawn.
Great video!
ha! i knew i could count on you for the texas lowdown…
i guessed dawn because the lights weren’t on and i would have expected that street lights & buildings in the distance would turn the lights on before dusk.