Taken from his new album ‘Future Times‘, Plankton Wat, guitarist Dewey Mahood, has shared his new video for “Nightfall”. Shot in his hometown of Portland during golden hour, that magical moment when day shifts to night, the footage is both dramatic and ethereal, perfectly suited to the ‘smouldering drones through ravines of feedback and along warm currents of synthesizer drift to peaks of lysergic bliss.’
On the making of the video Mahood explains: “I wanted the “Nightfall” video to be a companion piece to the “Modern Ruins” video,” says Mahood. “Dustin and I made the two videos separately, but in a very similar way – shot on our phone cameras, walking and driving around Portland. Where the “Nightfall” video focuses on urban decay, “Nightfall” is about the real day-to-day city we live in. I focused on documenting parks and neighborhoods around SE and downtown. This isn’t the “city on fire” as hyped in the news, but the real city we live and work in. I wanted to show the peaceful and strangely beautiful side of Portland. With the shutdown of so many businesses this past year, and people attending work and school from home, the streets and public spaces are much more quiet and meditative these days.
Stylistically I was inspired by all the transitional shots David Lynch uses throughout Twin Peaks. My family and I had just watched the entire 3 seasons, and all the still shots of nature really stuck in my head. I also wanted to treat each individual shot differently which is a concept I learned from my favorite cinematographer Christopher Doyle, and his work on Wong Kar-Wai movies.”
While the album may seem to some like a travelogue, it is actually a journey inside the minds of Mahood, Dybvig and Nash. As Plankton Wat, Future Times lays out out a manifesto for change. We need to listen with open hearts.
Bob Fish, Folk Radio UK
Bandcamp: https://planktonwat.bandcamp.com/album/future-times
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