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Mostly Bears

Melancholyism

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"The treatment of the video read as follows: an experiment of the body. An exploration of what is human through physical exposure of emotion, unidentifiable to the average or conformed. The abstract art of the body encompasses the depth of the human soul, as it is brought to the surface and understood in a brand new way.

"The song itself is based on the unconscious state of mind that is brought to life in dreams. 'Melancholyism' celebrates a surreal encounter that is influenced by hypnagogic art, ie Salvador Dali.

"Chelsea Coles (the director) approached us with a reel of avant-garde video art by artist Jeejung Kim, and asked if we were interested in using Jeejung's concepts for 'Melancholyism'. We had worked with Chelsea before in 2008 when she shot a short documentary on Mostly Bears at SXSW. She is highly resourceful - the type of person that can find qualified personnel on her iPhone; the type that can stretch a $2 budget into something that looks more like $200. In the indie market these attributes, I feel, are the most important to possess.

"We were also very impressed with Jenjung's video art, it's very... beautiful and disturbing. Very dark. And we thought it'd be a perfect match for our music.

"Overall, as a band we didn't have a lot a lot of input, we watched our first edit and made adjustments. But we liked what we saw, and we let her go - basically telling her 'the weirder, the better'. We wanted to avoid any music video cliches - no live shots of the band playing, no shots of me singing into the camera, nothing typical." - Brian Lopez (Mostly Bears)

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