Director Matthew Marino’s choice to bring the projected physical film analog quality to his treatment of the music video for S.C.A.B.’s single “Why Do I Dream of You” perfect expresses the song’s wash of nostalgic atmospherics. The pairing of circular, looping, guitar melody with expressively soaring vocals that shift from the earnest to the ethereal syncs so well with scenes from New York City and lyrics that place the bittersweet lyrics in a context rich with a sense of place that hits strongly at the end of the song as it fades out and we hear what sounds like a fragment of a journal written in the late night hours in a moment of vulnerability as a letter to someone expressing feelings maybe now usually buried and on the verge of saying he misses the person being addressed but struggling with finding the right way to say it and not botch the effort with clumsy or ill-considered sentiments. Fans of the aesthetically multidimensional guitar rock of Beach Fossils, Preoccupations and Parquet Courts will appreciate the way S.C.A.B. stretches out and winds the melodic path of this song. Watch the video for “Why Do I Dream of You” no YouTube and connect with the group at the links below.
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