Watch This Now: Owl Eyes – “Raiders”
“I’ll give it all that I have to give…”
It was interesting to do a Google Images search for Brooke Addamo to get the picture you see above. She’s certainly come a long way since her time as a naive teen on Idol, having evolved into a unique pop artist with a strong, textured voice – but she’s also developed from a purely creative perspective. Following on from the dark, strangely sexy video of Faces late last year comes an intriguing adventure centred around the title track of her new EP, Raiders.
For this clip, Addamo appears to have gone for a mix of a gypsy queen and Xena: Warrior Princess, dancing and singing around a bizarre alternative universe that expands from barren tennis courts to mystic rivers. She carries a bow and arrow, but exactly what she needs to protect herself from won’t be initially clear. Maybe it even won’t be by the end of it, who knows? It’s all about how you interpret it – but it’s a beautifully shot and well-paced video all the same. Top work, Addamo.
Watch This Now: Owl Eyes – “Faces”
“Can you hear the werewolves come around?”
Sadly don’t know too much about this one. Here’s what I’ve uncovered so far: her real name is Brooke, she’s nineteen, she’s just released her debut EP, she sings on a song with Illy, but Illy is a douche…that’s roughly it. Making it a bit hard for me to properly draft my marriage proposal, but I guess that’s how life goes.
So, onto the video itself – it’s a simple and sweet affair for Owl Eyes, with sparse backdrop and more of an emphasis on the performance side than anything else. Brooke herself looks gorgeous and glittery, swaying about an expensive-looking mic as some dude in a suit watches on. He then starts flamenco dancing. Totally friggin’ random, but it’s an odd little spectacle, and simple watching Brooke crooning the bangin’ tune itself makes it worth your time. Hope to hear more from this young lady very soon – and get this video up on Vimeo or something, love! The best I could find was this rip from rage on ABC. Not that there’s anything wrong with rage – that’s how I saw this video, after all!
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