Video: Young Jesus, ‘The Feeling’

Kevin Bronson on November 17th, 2017

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Young Jesus’ explorations in heady post-rock/indie-rock go back nearly a decade to their roots in Chicago, and the quartet — singer-guitarist John Rossiter, bassist Marcel Borbon, keyboardist-vocalist Eric Shevrin and drummer Kern Haug — is now based in L.A. Their new album “S/T,” their third, is a sprawling collection that rewards the patient listener (seven tracks, 47 minutes) and, with its vivid shifts in dynamic, teeters between anxiety and wonder, ennui and resolve. The album has been released digitally, but it was announced this week that Young Jesus has signed with Saddle Creek, which will release “S/T” on vinyl (including a limited-edition tri-color run), CD and cassette on Feb. 23.

With that news comes the video for “Feeling,” directed by Jordan Epstein and Rossiter. Says Rossiter: “The video is a stop-motion animation/series of poems I made and wrote, a broadcast from an imagined and ethereal space I’ve been working within through various zines and recordings called Conceptual Beach. Along the Beach I hope to investigate confusion, complexity, and anxiety with playfulness and sincerity.” It’s the kind of thing you’ll not just watch but pause to read.

||| Watch: The video for “Feeling”