Following the recent release of Samantha Urbani’s long awaited debut EP Policies of Power, ‘Hints and Implications’ has today been given the video treatment. Directed by Daniel J. Algarin, the video splices retrograde graphics as Urbani tussles with an alter-self and proves to be the perfect visual accompaniment to the EP’s bold opening track. In Samantha’s own words:
“The concept of the video was originally meant to be a surrealist inescapable nightmare, a dream within a dream- my favorite Poe poem- as the songs about an impossible communication block & the ontology of interpersonal truth itself- juxtaposed with the absurdity of mundane life – I kept saying “twilight zone x maya deren x clerks” (3 of my favorite and most relatable things ever) – but as the video started coming together more through the edit than the treatment, it related to the sound of the song more than the concept – new wave x nu metal.
We tied it into the amazing EP artwork by Brodie Kaman, and held it up to the coloring genius of the video for Lush’s first video for De Luxe & the genius Jean Paul Goude x Grace Jones images… starring my most Edward Furlong self, in my mystic pizza hat.”
“Policies of Power” EP is available to order now, on a limited edition transparent coloured vinyl run of just 300 copies. The video was premiered by PAPERmag.
