BIC FLASHBACK #2 - 'LOOK UP'

‘LOOK UP’ .. our 2nd video! Certainly had a lot to live up to after ‘Storm’ … and I think this video and song are on par! Probably my favorite video that we have done, and we sure as hell had a lot of fun making it. Tish carries this one vocally and performance-wise, but Mr. Rozon and I … after a lot of red wine brought the ‘chaos’ to this ‘beauty’ !!

The ‘drum dive’ was not planned, so directer Vicente Cordero did not get it one the first take!!! I must say that cynbal stands and ribs do not make good bedfellows!!! We did it again… this time with some sofa cushions behind the drum set that did slightly break my fall :) I did get more ‘air’ on the 2nd jump I think.

This song certainly is a nod to 90s shoe-gaze, so Vicente and I sent that direction with the video. Projections, soft camera focus and some fast cut editing work so well in the video. Tish’s lyrics are wrapped up nicely with the words on her bass (which meets its demise at the end) …’ Get Off Your 'F*cking Phone’! They also reflect on our life together …’Kids and dogs and cats make up our history’. I surprised her with having Vicente add some our our old ‘home movies’ at the end. Gets to me anytime I watch it.

This was was one of the last songs I wrote for the album … and I had just got a remastered vinyl of My Bloody Valentine’s classic ‘Loveless’. I was intrigued at how Keven Shields manipulates the vibrato bar as he plays … so myself, a guitar, a few delay and reverb pedals and a bottle of red sat down. When the bottle was done, I had the main guitar riff of the song. After getting the other bits together, I played it to Tish, telling her that she needed to sing it a few days later as MR and I where going to track the music that night.

She came in ready … and delivered a vocal side that I had never heard from her. Michael Rozon did a great job producing her voice … layers and even a whisper voice under it. He really pulled this song together … and his drumming on it is perfect.

‘Look Up’ also has several wonderful ‘remixes’ on ‘Beauty Re-Envisioned’, including THIS ONE by Ummagma.

Please check out the video below and a few behind the scenes photos…

MC X