Change is a Powerful Constant On Oldest Sea's “Sacred Destruction” (Video Premiere)
A husband-and-wife duo from rural New Jersey, Oldest Sea have a penchant for dark beauty in a way that touches upon folk music and isn’t afraid to reveal itself to funeral doom fanatics. Their slow and powerful music features plenty of dark turns, so it is no wonder that they have shared the same stage with Bell Witch, Mizmor and others of said ilk. Their new album A Birdsong, A Ghost drops on December 1st, adding fuel to the late fall tones that the record takes on. Today, we're premiering the fascinating video for “Sacred Destruction”.
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Vocalist Samanatha Marandola had this to say about the video for “Sacred Destruction,” directed by Dylan Pecora (Merzbow, Ecology: HomeStones):
The song is about letting go of a former self. Dylan's video captures everything that's meant to be conveyed in that song, and I really appreciate their surrealist approach. They found a way to seamlessly unify song and film so that they're essentially one unit.
This comes across in the video with various scenes of a hand and face, plaster casts of a female figure, slowly destroying themselves and seeking out something different, something new. It's a swirl of bizarre visuals that somehow fit: a face revealed beneath clay, slime obscuring another, slithering chains, and much more. It all illustrates a tale of creation and change that's probably more haunting than anything else.
A Birdsong, A Ghost releases December 1st and can be preordered here.
Oldest Sea is on tour this fall:
