Madeline and Jordan Burchill of Beth//James (whose song “Lion Eyes” appeared in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman) wander through a light woodlands in the morning in the music video for “The Sun.” The songwriters directed the video with filming by Madeline Northway and the spare percussion and guitar work ease into and out of the song like waters coming in and out with the tide and the sun creeping over the horizon and back at dawn and dusk. The vocal harmonies the duo brings to bear with a warm elegance suits well the metaphor of the sun with the love of one’s beloved and how it might have been something of which one was wary not sure to trust it and its potential as a steady nourishing presence but accepting it as a benevolent energy in one’s life that illuminates the darkest moments and shins on those more celebratory. Watch the video for “The Sun” on YouTube and connect with Beth//James at the links below where you can listen to the rest of the duo’s new album Get Together.
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