Kevin Bronson on May 29th, 2019

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Rainstorm Brother’s widescreen take on folk music falls somewhere between post-rock and a fever dream, and the music made by the L.A. duo of John Isaac Watters and Tyler Chester is nothing if not cinematic. In late 2017, Watters released the gripping short film “Past Hope Now” before segueing to the new duo. Rainstorm Brother issued their debut EP, “Part One,” late last year, featuring a half-dozen tracks that carry the gravitas, if not the worldview, of the work of the National.

The song “Fire You Light” is an outsized anthem harboring an important memorandum: Treasure your friends, especially in this time of soul-crushing world news and seemingly crippling malevolence. The spectacularly evocative video for the song, directed by Collin Davis and Matt Litwiller, posits Watters in two scenarios. First, he is home alone, raging at his TV and whatever it is spewing. Second, he is in a small boat on the open sea, rowing and rowing. Yes, he eventually exits the room and he eventually reaches shore.

“I’m in love with the fire / That you light in your friends,” Watters sings. “When you smile, the horizon / Bends towards something brighter.”

||| Watch: The video for “Fire You Light”

||| Also: Watch the videos for “Fiery West,” “Heavy Blue,” “If I Were the Smoke” and “Drivin’”

||| Previously: “If I Were the Smoke”