Brooklyn-based dream pop project The Harrow have released a stunningly surreal video for the title track of their “Cinderglow” EP, created and edited by multi-media artist Joan Pope.The band had returned from a long hiatus with a pair of memorable releases to close 2024, including the majestic “Cinderglow” EP in November, followed by a reverent cover of For Against’s classic “December,” issued as a benefit for vocalist Jeff Runnings. The EP was produced by Xavier Paradis of Automelodi, and features four tracks of dreamy post-punk, with a vibrant mix of sombre synthesizers, layers of reverb-drenched guitars, dense basslines, and sublime vocal melodies that channel the spirit of Projekt Records and 4AD’s classic heyday. The Harrow are currently working on material for a new EP, due out later this year.
The track “Cinderglow” itself begins with two meditative minutes of ethereal chant before opening up into a sonorous drum machine pattern and deep six-string bass groove. The video builds upon the song’s moody textures with an equally mesmerizing and esoteric music video, featuring a mix of treated footage and performance clips from the band. Watch the video below:
Joan Pope offers a few words about the video’s creation: I loved the song so much when I first heard it. For me, something about it evoked the story of Tennyson’s “Lady of Shalott” and the imagery in Maya Deren’s “Meshes of the Afternoon.” I distilled that initial inspiration into visuals that portrayed a sense of longing, in a mysterious yet intense, dreamlike fashion.
Known for her current art project Temple ov Saturn, which utilizes collage, music, video art, augmented reality, virtual reality, poetry, zines, and social media to create sonic and visual allegories, Pope has also released music with Blacktantra and The Whip Angels. Her previous video credits include Blacklist’s “Lovers in Mourning,” Gwenno’s “An Stevel Newydh,” and Rites of Sin’s “The Vanishing.”
Cinderglow is out now via Bandcamp. Pick up a digital copy of the EP and stay tuned for more from The Harrow in 2025.
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