Night Teacher’s “New Cage” finds its visual manifestation in the superb music video directed, filmed and edited by Cat Rider. The song is about how the digital age and the concept of the idealized self as presented absolutely imperfectly and not actually completely under one’s control in social media and digital platforms generally. And how the dynamic channels one’s modes of expression into narrow pathways thus shaping the medium and content and narrowing the actual possibilities of expression with the illusion of choice and creativity. The song is orchestral and warmly analog in its textural tones cast in guitar, piano, bass and Lilly Bechtel’s finely expressive vocals in sharp contrast to the overwhelming inducement to turn all areas of one’s life into a commodity that can be more easily manipulated. Indeed, a new cage in which we’ve all been encouraged to participate in placing ourselves in the name of being with the times and not being left behind. Musically, it hearkens to early-to-mid-90s Sarah McLachlan and that songwriter could take heavy subject matter and imbue it with humanity and deep emotional atmosphere in which to get caught up in a moment of personal honesty. Watch the video for “New Cage” on YouTube and follow Night Teacher at the links provided.
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