Sad13’s Sadie Dupuis has revealed a spooky video for “The Crow” in time for Halloween.
The animated video for the Haunted Painting track features skeletal chicks in a nest, a ghost trying on clothes, and Dupuis ordering a drink from a sea monster. “What was it like to come of age/In such a cruel place,” she sings. “Supping on the bones/Of your old chaperones?”
“’The Crow’ wound up the heaviest song on Haunted Painting, although the demo was originally inspired by Clairo and solo Rob Crow,” Dupuis said in a statement. “I started the lyrics on a 22-hour layover in L.A. after hearing of David Berman’s death, trying to process the loss of an artist whose keen writing helped make sense of a convoluted world. Waiting to fly home, I posted up at Taix, a favored haunt of another favorite writer, Eve Babitz. Her work couldn’t be more different from Berman; in Black Swans, she writes about weekending at the Chateau Marmont during the L.A. riots, oblivious (‘faint-hearted bottle blonde hiding out until the smoke just passes,’ I wrote in the lyrics.) It can be tempting to embrace frivolous luxury when horrific shit happens nearly every day and your brain’s had enough.”
“Jono Ganz is a great illustrator who has done music videos for friends’ bands like Supermilk and Cheerbleederz,” she said of the video. “On this one, he drew inspiration from mid-20th century film title cards, horror, and otherwise. I spotted Spider Baby, The Dunwich Horror, and Halloween among his references, but also Bond movies and Bonjour Tristesse (surely also a favorite of Babitz.) I love typography and text art so it was a treat for me to have Jono bring this song and its words alive alongside some very cute movie monsters.”
Additionally, Dupuis performed several Haunted Painting tracks on NPR’s Tiny Desk series from home. She was accompanied by her band, which she dubs “a coven of musical demons.”
Dupuis released Haunted Painting last month. “The Crow” follows the videos for “Ruby Wand,” “Ghost (Of a Good Time),” “Oops…!” and “Hysterical.” Dupuis recently covered Rilo Kiley’s “Paint’s Peeling” for The Execution of All Things covers comp.
From Rolling Stone US
