This video for the track "Once More Now" from BSP's newest album, "Valhalla Dancehall," scores heavily with me for two reasons. First of all, the song itself is reminiscent of Kitchens of Distinction, a long-lost favorite band of mine. Secondly, the video was recorded and edited live, utilizing emerging 3D scanning/tracking Kinect hacks, which have had me fairly obsessed for the past few months now. It's a long track, but beautiful; give yourself a few minutes for it to really sink in.
I'm also going to do something I never do, which is to quote Wikipedia on British Sea Power, because I don't see any other way to describe this:
British Sea Power has a reputation for elaborate and well-thought out live shows and won the 2004 Time Out Live Band of the Year award. Their stage is often decorated with foliage and plastic birds and shows generally finish with a semi-improvised song called "Rock in A," which sometimes lasts for over 20 minutes. Various members often climb riggings and tear down the foliage, Eamon walks around the audience beating his marching drum, and a ten-foot bear, Ursine Ultra, occasionally makes an appearance - often taking a beating from various band members. This has become one of the signatures of the band.Not to be missed.
