Video: Dignitary, ‘Destiny’s False Turn’

Kevin Bronson on November 3rd, 2015

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So how did you spend your Halloween? Dressing up like a celebrity? Getting frightfully drunk? We imagine that Los Angeles goth-rock band Dignitary lured an unsuspecting young lady to their Halloween party for a night of pure evil. The short film for “Destiny’s False Turn” is the latest vivid slice of videography from filmmaker-turned-frontman Mike Cuenca. Billed as Part 2 of a series, it follows by one year the release of Dignitary’s equally spooky and well-crafted video for “Demon Beside Me.” Directed and scored by Cuena and filmed by Danielle Spires, the video, like the quintet’s music, plays to Dignitary’s fetish for the supernatural and the occult. The song is from the band’s new release, “The Tautology EP,” which is the kind of dark affair that would make Peter Murphy smile, if he ever smiles. Joining singer-guitarist Cuenca in his adventures in reverb-saturated darkwave are guitarist Gabe Huerta, keyboardist Stacy Fratelli, bassist Fallon Scherzinger and drummer Ted Isley — a different lineup than when “Destiny’s False Turn” first emerged in 2013. The tune packs a quicker pace and more urgency now; like their 16 1/2-minute EP, it’s over too soon.

||| Watch: The video for “Destiny’s False Turn”