Airpark the band
Ben and Michael Ford
The video for "Le
Tigre" pops with hidden innuendos and dream like revelations. Staged like
an elaborate off Broadway Avant garde production, the video begins with
Michael quivering on the ground with a slice of blood on his neck. He sings with his distinct vocal intonations "You're built like an earthquake" Moving swiftly to the
next visual cadence centering on his steady voice that reminds me of dark brown
velvet. The Ford brothers employ a stark minimalist style when it comes to
their visual productions of their songs Even their style relies on fitted clothing
with minimal accouterments. They keep their hair short and wispy around their sculpted
faces. While they look like twins Ben is the elder by a year and a half.
The well-directed
video centers on the brothers playing the song while a bevy of fencers spar in
front of them and then around them. The psychological mind gam ensues but
they "are feeling so focused". Michaels voice raises to another level
as he sings “I don't see it as a problem.” Ben drops well placed riffs as
they play dueling guitars. There compact playing signal a breath of
unity. They create an unassuming force with their music that shivers with
charisma and dramatic overlays.
The fencers shed their
mass to reveal seriously smudged eyes and pale haunted faces. All of the sparse decorations are the makings
of a nightmare. The bowl of fruit is tended by a snake. The bite of a Red Delicious
apple is the start of the demise. The fencing team surrounds Ben as he
continues to provide fuzzed out crunchy riffs.
The psychedelic sound rises to an exciting crescendo that fit perfectly
in this dreamesque video. It ends as it began with Michael quivering one the
floor like in the beginning with a thin
slice on his neck eyes smudged out by the a burnt wine cork, "You’re built
like an earthquake. Well I should know not to feel it."
Airpark is a band
seeped in style, sophistication and substance. Their guitar playing is ripe with
vibrato and bravado. They play off one another, each seeming to sense when to
back off to let the other shine. Wonderful band. Wonderful video. Looking
forward to more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaWHFyl_2dg
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