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secret fireworks

a music blog with a northern irish twist

 

a movie script ending: will mcconnell's bandwidth films


I've been a Bandwidth Films fanboy ever since I saw the National acoustic session: there's nothing over the top about the videos Will McConnell produces. You create a simple situation, throw a band in the mix and film it. Inventiveness. however, is key for Bandwidth. Who would have thought about throwing Silhouette into a Citroen people carrier? It reminds me of Arcade Fire's Neon Bible in a lift.



We recently covered Pocket Promise's awesome video for I Burnt The Roller Disco on Secret Fireworks and it's the same sort of idea. While I'm not a fan of Panama Kings Will recently released a video for "Golden Recruit" but his finest work was also one of the first music videos Bandwidth produced. "The Evening Angels Gather Here" is a brilliant concept, projecting lyrics and leftover project footage onto a moving backdrop. It just works so well.



One of the most interesting developments from Bandwidth in the past two months or so has been the "In Stores Now" series. Take a relatively small band, put them in an unusual shop or location within Belfast and let them perform one track. Escape Act's performance was one of the better ones but in my eyes the best one by far was the John Shelly and the Creatures video embedded below. The sound is gorgeous, the band are inventive (using a vinegar bottle on a slide guitar, salt shakers etc) and there's a great circular shot that brings in the entire chip shop. Bandwidth may not win Oscars any time soon but we should be damn proud of them.




Check out the ASIWYFA live performance on www.bandwidthfilms.com right now or just click on the link in the blogroll!

 

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