Green Lung Post “Graveyard Sun” Video
Pay close enough attention and you might notice we’re creeping ever closer to the Oct. 22 release of Green Lung‘s new full-length, Black Harvest (review here). As their new video for “Graveyard Sun” readily reminds, it’s also coming on autumn. In the interview recently posted with guitarist Scott Black and vocalist Tom Templar — who in the clip play an unruly youth and a priest, respectively — the latter talks about Black Harvest as a Fall album. In addition to accounting for any and all Type O Negative comparisons one might want to make, this applies particularly to “Graveyard Sun” even among the rest of the included tracks on the offering. The lyrics are not only conscious and blatantly expressive of it, but they seem to derive that direction from the instruments behind.
The video itself stars actor Julian Firth, whom one might recognize from any number of films and/or television appearances throughout the last 40-plus years. He was already on Call the Midwife this year and has a string of very-British credits to his name, including having been a maester on Game of Thrones. If “Graveyard Sun” is the cult horror flick, he might be the Peter Cushing more than the Christopher Lee — his character, as it happens, is named Lee Cushing — but the vibe the band are going for is unmistakable and he helps them readily pull it off. Likewise the font of what might otherwise be closed captioning for a voiceover. Like Green Lung‘s songwriting, it all ties together toward an aesthetic purpose that pulls individuality out of familiar elements and makes its own memorable impression therefrom.
I don’t know where the hype is at for Black Harvest at this point. To be honest, I reviewed the thing, interviewed the band early ahead of the release, and I’ve been so relieved ever since that I could just enjoy the album instead of trying to imagine sentence phrasing in my head that I haven’t paid much attention. But we’re inside the less-than-a-month mark at this point, and this is a great song to unveil for these chilly mornings and cooling evenings. Fall is my favorite season.
Enjoy:
Green Lung, “Graveyard Sun” official video
A MESSAGE TO THE COVEN:
We are pleased to share some long-lost paranormal investigation footage discovered in the depths of Highgate Cemetery, meticulously restored by director Billy Howard Price and featuring yours truly… watch it if you dare…
Song taken from the album Black Harvest, out October 22nd 2021 on Svart Records
Order Green Lung – Black Harvest here: https://svartrecords.com/product/greenlung-black-harvestalbum/
GREEN LUNG is:
Tom Templar – Vocals
Scott Masson – Guitar
Andrew Cave – Bass
Matt Wiseman – Drums
John Wright – Organ
Very excited for the album. Did not expect a Call The Midwife reference!