‘Said Your Name’ by Film School | New Album, ‘We Weren’t Here’

Uncategorized December 2, 2021

‘Said Your Name’ by Film School | New Album, ‘We Weren’t Here’

Music video of ‘Said Your Name’, taken from the latest album by this great indie shoegaze band, Film School.


The video was done by Cinematographer Tyler Heckerman “Collaboration and exploration is what fueled my creativity on this project. I am grateful Film School was open to experimenting with various film techniques to capture our dreamy effects in camera. A visual representation of their tone and album artwork was important to me. When creative visions align, and yes is a common response, we can create something uniquely beautiful. Thank you to everyone who helped bring this colorful dream to life. It would not have been possible without you.”– Tyler Heckerman, Director

 

Whereas the band recorded the previous album while holed up together in the isolated Southern California desert enclave of Joshua Tree, the Covid pandemic forced a different kind of isolation this time around. Already divided between the SF Bay Area and Los Angeles, bassist Justin LaBo, guitarist Nyles Lannon, frontman Greg Bertens, and keyboardist Jason Ruck—each from his own quarantine home studio—had to collaborate on the songs remotely. Except for when newest member Adam Wade met up with Greg to record drums at LA’s Headwest Studio with mixer Dan Long (all wearing masks, of course), the bandmates never saw each other in person during the entire making of the album.

What emerges from beneath the waves of the album’s psychedelic dream pop are bittersweet themes of a year lived in suspended animation: anticipation, separation, regret, revelation. With their sixth full-length release since the band’s formation over 20 years ago, Film School crystallize their position in the shoegaze pantheon.


Headline photo: Steven Simko

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‘Said Your Name’ by Film School | New Album, ‘We Weren’t Here’

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