VIDEO PREMIERE: SYML "FEAR OF THE WATER"

SYML premieres a gorgeous, devastatingly melancholic video for the track, ā€œFear of the Water.ā€Ā A visual convergence of stark, arresting industrial and natural landscapes, the dancers within this world captivate via jolts of movement as though they are tethered and love (or perhaps more apt, longing) is tugging at their strings.Ā “The mainĀ rhythm throughout this song is based around a simple but familiar beat found in latin and afro-cuban music,” says Brian Fennell (aka SYML). “It invokes movement.Ā Acting this movement out on a piano is one thing, but to see itĀ physically communicated through a human body isĀ another.Ā This song is pretty, but itā€™s also a bit nervous and terrified at its core. The dancers welcomed this andĀ interpreted it perfectly without being told how to move. A lot of the footage is taken fromĀ ā€œone-takeā€ performances where they would let their bodies flow throughĀ the whole song, front to back, instead of taking it scene by scene. The result is moreĀ moving than I could have ever hoped.”
 

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Photos/ADRIAN RAGASA

 

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