Our video for Bad Moves's "The Verge" premiered today on The Le Sigh! Thanks so much to Torrie's Restaurant for hosting the video shoot!
The Le Sigh says:
"Bad Moves, the political power pop group from D.C., broke out at the end of 2016 with their outstanding debut EP. Now, the last song on the album, titled "The Verge," is their first to get the music video treatment. It embodies all the tension and overflowing emotion you would expect from a song about going over the edge. The majority is also shot in slow motion, adding to the feeling of apprehension. It starts in a diner, with water slowly pouring into a plastic cup. The scene invokes a sense of familiarity, as almost every American town and TV show has a copycat establishment with a similar homey vibe. One thing these restaurants have in common is an expectation that waiters and waitresses will consistently refill water cups. As you watch this video and see the waitress’ blank, insincere smile along with the purity and the clarity of the falling liquid, it seems like a senseless unspoken rule. How much of that constantly refilled water do you actually drink?
The water in this video finally fills the cup, bubbles at the rim, and bursts over the edges. Every waiter is doing the same absent-minded pouring, and soon, the plates, tabletops, seats, and floors of the diner are soaked. Images of natural water flash across the screen. Watching all the waste and uneasiness at the restaurant in contrast with all the beauty and power in nature will put you on edge. But it’s hard to look away - the complacency of the patrons is mesmerizing in spite of all the tension. For most of the video, the Bad Moves vocalists wail poppy hooks about dissatisfaction, “walking through...life and feeling sick,” and always feeling on the verge of something more fulfilling. Then, the tone changes, and the vocalists take control of their lives. Belting at the same time for an empowering effect as they say, “I started plotting out a course to getting free again,” the built up tension finally lets loose as images of liberation flash across the screen. We see everything from volcanoes and geysers exploding to soup bowls and toilets overflowing. Every time a cymbal crashes in the song, its like a breath that we held through the video is finally being let out in one long rush of air."