Youth Lagoon has previously released "The Knower" from forthcoming record Savage Hills Ballroom, and now the second single "Highway Patrol Stun Gun" is here with a new music video directed by Parisian filmmaker Kendy Ty.
The video shows Trevor Powers and a gold-masked accomplice with whom he is seen bowling, going out to eat, and generally gallivanting around New York City, while the track itself layers Powers' mousey vocals and melodic keys over dark, driving synth pulses.
Powers explained the concept via Fader, saying,
“[It’s] this idea of having this extension of yourself. We go down these life paths and we feel like we’re always alone, but we have those different aspects of our personality that are essentially grounding us; we’re not quite alone, because we have our spirit. It was that idea, combined with the idea of losing someone and having them still be alive throughout your day to day—because I think that’s a very real thing. Anyone who’s experienced any sort of loss, you know you go out on a windy day you feel the wind on your skin and you feel like they’re still there.”
Watch the video below.
Savage Hills Ballroom is out September 25th via Fat Possum. Check out Youth Lagoon's tour dates here.