The First Days Of Spring

The First Days of Spring Official Trailer from charlie fink on Vimeo.

Wow. This does a few things to me. Firstly, makes me want to cry. Secondly, makes me jealous. Thirdly, inspires me. (I don't want to sound like a prick but I may as well be honest).
This film to me looks perfect, I've listened to the album and it really strikes a chord within me. The lyrics are heartfelt without the cringyness you might expect from the subjects explored.
Shot on 16mm and a Super8 in just 8 days it shows what you can do with raw talent and that spark to actually get going. I spend so much of my time thinking 'how would I do that' that by the time I would actually get round to doing it I'd be bloomin dead... I'm not sure if it's an irish thing, this smothering bloody modesty and, I guess, general lack of confidence in our own abilities? It confuses me.
Anyways, it's been forever since I've listened to an album from start to finish - shuffle is a demon, as is the way we've been conditioned to have the attention spans of fleas . But I think Noah and the Whale have thought of a perfect way to encourage their audience to do just that. By creating a visual counterpart for their album, it forces the listener/viewer to hear the music in the way they intended it. Which, these days, is kind of unusual in itself - well, that's the way I feel - do musicians think about albums as a whole/ a story anymore? It seems to have become more separate and disjointed, probably to cater to the shuffling culture and the fact that people probably won't download the whole album anyway.

Either way I'm adigging 'The First Days Of Spring".