Music and film are my favorite artistic storytelling forms, so naturally I have pretty strong feelings about music videos. A good music video can lend more context to a song, or allow musicians the freedom to express themselves in new ways. And they're just fun. Here are some of my favorites.
The two music videos off of Pedro the Lion's album Pheonix both make my favorites list on their own, but they are even better as a pair. They're both shot on 16mm film, and I appreciate the haunting, introspective beauty of both the songs and the video more each time I watch them. The film seems to have been intentionally exposed after shooting, creating vivid colors that flicker and wash over the video. Overall, they serve as impressively crafted visual accompaniments to both the songs and the album as a whole.