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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: Calexico - Falling From The Sky

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Their eighth studio album, Edge Of The Sun was released last week to critical acclaim. 

And now, US indie rock group Calexico have followed it up with a new video for their single off the record, Falling From The Sky.

The near four minute clip follows a day in the life of what appears to be a life size worm, who virtually can do nothing but watch the world go by, aided only by Swedish indie-folk singer Jose Gonzalez, who randomly stars.

You'd be forgiven for thinking the creature in question looks like something else — anything else. No need to be vulgar.

Video director Mikel Cee Karlsson touched on the concept behind the film clip. 

"I wanted to make it [the worm] more like a living thing...a creature that is stuck in its codependency and has rather few possibilities in this world but still has the capacity to dream of better things."

"When I heard Calexico's 'Falling From The Sky' I felt that I heard the perspective of the creature, or rather the perspective of anyone who find themselves in a similar mindset or situation."

Give the new film clip a look here and chat amongst yourselves if that really is Ben Stiller in a framed picture next to Gonzalez about half way through the video.

 

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