WL//WH Video Of The Day: ANTIPOLE & PARIS ALEXANDER “Sad Lover (Desolated)”

Video of the Day  Antipole & Paris Alexander

Since 2017, TrondheimNorway’s Antipole (aka Karl Morten Dahl) and Brighton UK’s Paris Alexander have maintained a close and productive artistic partnership. Last year the pair released the “Perspectives III” LP where renowned acts, such as Clan of Xymox, Molchat Doma, and FM Attack, provided their unique stamp and perspective on the Antipole & Paris Alexander’s atmospheric and melodic Cold Wave/Post Punk sound. Now, just in time for the bone chilling cold of Winter, a DIY video (assisted by Jakob and Eirene) for “Sad Lover (Desolated),” a song produced by Blue Door Studio, arrives.

“The song draws inspiration from the harsh realities of the world and the feeling of loneliness that often accompanies it, but it also highlights the beauty in letting go and immersing oneself in the music and nature.”

Bleak, severe, yet intoxicating “Sad Lover (Desolated)” weaves meandering bass pulses around crispy off-tempo beats amid obsessive intervals of poignant bleeding guitar lines and harsh glaring synth melodies to encapsulate scruff, weary vocals of desolation with both the doomy gloom and the slivers of hope found in an early New Year time period.

“With Sad Lover, we try to capture the essence of the winter season with its cold and desolate vibe and is exploring themes of isolation and longing in a world that can be cold and unforgiving.“ 

The DIY video, assisted by Jakob and Eirene, combines a sprawling, snow covered country setting where Karl Morten Dahl plays guitar with black and white clips of Paris Alexander walking through a churchyard cemetery, to evoke both the chill and the warmth of the soundtrack. The two locations share the beauty of nature in the Northern Hemisphere when the angle of the sun’s rays creates deep shadows for transformative introspection.

Keep up with Antipole / Paris Alexander:

ANTIPOLE | Facebook | Bandcamp | Twitter | Instagram |

PARIS ALEXANDER | Facebook | Bandcamp | Spotify | Instagram |

 

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