American songwriter Searows has shared his beautiful new ‘End Of The World’ video.
The musician – real name Alec Duckart – has gained some remarkable plaudits, with his searing honesty and melodic invention conjuring entire worlds. Ethel Cain is a fan, and there’s a similar ‘small-town-outsider’ feels to Searows’ own work.
New EP ‘End Of The World’ is out now, released via Last Recordings On Earth – a label launched by Matt Maltese, no less.
Set to play London’s Omeara on February 19th, Searows has just shared a video for the EP title track.
A truly beautiful clip, it flits between highly personal moments and stunning vistas from rural Oregon. Searows comments…
“The concept for this music video came to me on one of the driving days of the UK/Europe tour opening for Gracie Abrams. My partner and I had just rewatched the show The End of the F***ing World, and after talking through what my song ‘End Of The World’ meant to me, I realised I wanted the video to explore this specific kind of anxiety that I know I share with many others, where my mind can turn the smallest worry into the literal end of the world. So we decided to create our own little ode to runaways, à la Bones and All and The End of the F***ing World.
In the video there’s a narrative involving two people who find each other at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere Oregon, after experiencing separate and unspecified catastrophic events.
Ultimately the pair finds happiness and solace in each other’s company, which is a theme of the song: When you accept love and find community, or find even one other person who can ground you (and you them), the feelings that could have ended the world become manageable.
Tune in nw.
Photo Credit: Marlowe Ostara
