Golden Dogs Premiere "Long As You Like" Vide ..
Click Here To Watch "Long As You Like" On PopMatters (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/139205-golden-dogs-long-as-you-like-video-popmatters-premiere/) This is the first official video from Coat of Arms and it was concevied & created by Jessica Grassia (keyboard player from the band) using Final Cut Pro and greenscreen. Grassia filmed herself in front of a greenscreen, imported the footage into FCP and spent about 100 hour editing, tweaking, syncing, & treating. The result is a video very influenced by the sound of the track : laid back groovy bubblegummy retro pop/rock. Think Andy Warhol throws a party and pops this song on the record player just as Keith Richards swaggers in and lays down on the sofa then someone hands him a guitar so he starts playing along with one hand while making out with a girl with the other. On an album of widely varying original pieces, this track & video stand out as the "call to all girls" anthem. At the end of a hard year of touring in support of their second album ‘Big Eye Little Eye’, which took them by way of Britain and Germany, straight across the USA sharing stages with Canadian luminaries like Feist and Sloan, those who witnessed its fury likely had no inkling it was the end of a chapter for the band. The long awaited homecoming was bittersweet; there were big changes on the horizon. For starters, the band had been released from their record contract; a contract they had been locked into for years that now left them 100% in control of their business affairs. In another twist of fate, their long time bass player, Stew Heyduk, decided to leave the country and get married in Hawaii. Within weeks of being at home and somewhat directionless ...
Alt Sounds
12 April 2011