Watch BEAK>’s New “Sex Music” Video

BEAK>—the trio of Geoff Barrow, Billy Fuller, and Will Young—have released the music video for their new song, “Sex Music.” The four-minute, stop-motion clip was animated and directed by Paloma Baeza. Watch it below, and scroll down for Baeza’s statement on the visual. “Sex Music” is out as a single this Friday, June 9; it’s available digitally and as a 7”. The single includes a remix of “Sex Music” by Win Butler of Arcade Fire, whom BEAK> are supporting at upcoming shows on their Infinite Content Tour. Find the rest of BEAK>’s tour dates below.

Paloma Baeza:

From the moment I heard this track, it made me want to move. Coupled with that, the sounds hit you in the gut - a combination of the driving beat, with a complexity, sensuality and surprise all around it. I always wanted to make an animal dance, but the track also felt like a good fit for something more experimental or abstract. Once I established the initial concept—a bear alone in a room, dancing in front of a mirror—everything I would try stemmed from that. There were some simple aesthetic rules for the world—filament light bulbs, a painted backdrop, and coloured light, mainly green and pink. Within these confines I then tried and tested anything I could think of—if I saw a strobing neon light string for sale in a shop window, I’d grab it and wrap it around the bear. I searched for any interesting light sources and shot them at different speeds. Equally, objects that moved in an unusual way, such as magnets, spinning wheels or coloured oil. The animating process has been an intense but fascinating journey of discovery, one where I got to know the track intimately, and found visual representations for what came to be its own surreal narrative.

BEAK>:

06-09 Budapest, Hungary - Kolorado Festival
07-02 Berlin, Germany - Wuhlheide *
07-06 Manchester, England - Castlefield Bowl *
07-07 Trenčín, Slovakia - Pohoda Festival
07-14 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
08-04 Katowice, Poland - OFF Festival
08-10 Le Locle, Switzerland - Rock Altitude
08-12 Castelbuono, Italy - Ypsigrock Festival
08-18 Paredes de Coura, Portugal - Paredes de Coura Festival

* with Arcade Fire

Revisit the “When We Fall” video from Barrow’s <KAEB, via Pitchfork.tv: 

via Braudie Blais-Billie