Indie folk singer-songwriter Riley Pearce recently let go of his debut album, The Water & The Rough via Nettwerk.
It features gorgeous folk tracks like the single “The Water” which channels a bit of Jose Gonzalez’s atmosphere with the smart lyrical flow and delivery of Andy Shauf, with an enchanting power of its own.
On “The Water” Riley shares:
We wanted to lean into the song’s concept but bringing in a more cult like collective mindset to represent the struggles so many of us have in finding solace and the often sheep mentality that comes with carving out success in the music scene. The song is very much divided in two. After chatting with director Cedric Tang about the way we’d film the music video, we wanted to highlight the bass – stuttering to match it with zombielike movements from the actors…..The moment we hit that water though it was a real battle to control the teeth chatters, it was a great team to work with on this video and I’m super proud of how it turned out.
Enjoy the official music video for “The Water”, which was directed by Cedric Tang and can be found below.
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