Nope, it hasn’t been all that long since the last Sun Blood Stories video — only about a month — but whatever. They keep making ’em and I’ll keep posting ’em. Interesting too how utterly different “Witch Wind,” which you can see below, is from the preceding clip for “Misery is Nebulous.” That was a seven-minute journey through human tragedy, ecological and geopolitical, while “Witch Wind” is dancing silhouettes. Yup. From visuals that make you feel sad to be alive to dancing. That pretty much sums up the scope of the Boise outfit’s 2015 long-player, Twilight Midnight Morning (review here), which I put on the other day simply because — and this is 100 percent true — I missed it. True story.

As it happens, “Witch Wind” was an easy favorite from that record, the call and response in the hook from Ben Kirby and Amber Pollard making it an immediate standout. Catchy in itself, it also speaks to the fluidity that Kirby, Pollard, Nik Kososik and Jon Fust are able to conjure from the ether throughout while also evidently dwelling in that ether, getting more tripped out as the three-stage progression of the record unfolds. The band released a follow-up in the even-more-experimental Samhain Variations (review here) last Halloween, but they’re reportedly also debuting a new offering live next month at Treefort Music Fest in their hometown. I don’t know if that’s recorded yet or not, but I’ll take new Sun Blood Stories as good news one way or another.

More on that as I hear it. Until then, here’s the “Witch Wind” video and appropriate credits.

Enjoy:

Sun Blood Stories, “Witch Wind” official video

Witch Wind is the 4th track from Twilight Midnight Morning, released June 23, 2015 by Sun Blood Stories

Danced by PROJECT FLUX at MING STUDIOS in Boise, Idaho

Ben Kirby: Guitar, Vocals,
Amber Pollard: Slide Guitar, Vocals, Effects Pedals
Judah Claffey: Viola
Nik Kososik: Bass
Jon Fust: Drums
Dale Hiscock: Mixing

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Tags: Boise, Idaho, Sun Blood Stories, Unsigned bands

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