Video premiere: Moon Honey, ‘The Cathedral’

Daiana Feuer on September 25th, 2015

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Though they now live in Los Angeles, it’s nice to romanticize Moon Honey’s Louisiana bohemian roots, like they’re a couple of gypsy poets that might know how to hypnotize swamp creatures into submission with sleight-of-hand moves and arpeggiated vocalizations. Why not? The main force of the band, Andrew Martin and Jessica Ramsey, have a mystical vibe about them, and their music is surreal and theatrical, both delicate and forceful, surely the stuff of dreams, and a testament to Martin’s beguiling approach to composition. The video for “The Cathedral” hinges on a pen pal letter/river tour, with Ramsey’s pseudo sign language both illuminating the surroundings as well as guiding us through her emotional landscape. The singer’s earnest delivery and youthful outfit, Girl Scout shirt and colorful plastic bead bracelet, pairs sweetly with the wise innocence of lyrics like, “I heard there is a fine line between love and hate on which we’re pulled and yanked and if this is the natural order of things why does it feel unnaturally mean ?” The song is cute and haunting, like squeezing a teddy bear in the dark. “The Cathedral” is the first single off the band’s forthcoming new record, and if there are more like this one, it’s safe to expect their next album will be as intriguing as 2013’s “Hand-Painted Dream Photographs.”

||| Watch: “The Cathedral”