Artist: Phosphorescent

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Phosphorescent 's deeply inspiring 'Song For Zula' has been accompanied by an equally touching video. Desperately slow and intense, there's something distressing yet equally fascinating about watching the simple action unfold. The tale mirrors the melancholic subtext to the song but the hopeful string motif signals how the situation is to resolve. Get inspired by this tale of determination and its wholly uplifting soundtrack above.

If you haven't taken the time to get through Phosphorescent's new record Muchacho , let this video be your first step. Based on my, admittedly limited experience, with Phosphorescent this is the least Phosphorescent-y records and "Song for Zula" with its slow jam synths and laconic love struck lyrics is probably one of the least Phosphorescent-y songs out there. Yet, it's a truly engrossing listen.

Phosphorescent's brutal love song gets a video. Phosphorescent, aka Matthew Houck, has released a video for the Muchacho standout "Song for Zulu". The clip was directed by Houck and Djuna Wahlrab. About the...

Matthew Houck, the man behind Phosphorescent , and Djuna Wahlrab directed a video for the beautiful first single from the album Muchacho (out now via Dead Oceans ). The clip is a simple one showing a woman trying to break free from the chains that bind her, literally. Watch below.

American songwriter Matthew Houck presents a new video from his experimental-folk band PHOSPHORESCENT. Song For Zula is one of the key tracks from his recently released new longplayer Muchacho. A quite enjoyable and fascinating record. Song For Zula also includes a lyrical reference to JOHNNY CASH which might be quite easy to sport. Watch the simple, The post Phosphorescent premiere new video "Song For Zula" appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .

Alas, we're not too impressed with the new Phosphorescent album to be honest, muchachos . Except for one remarkable track called The Quotidian Beasts that is. Ramshackle and doom-laden, it's yet another recent example of the ongoing influence of Neil Young's Ditch Trilogy , and I guess that isn't so bad. Quality never goes out of style, you know? Phosphorescent - The Quotidian Beasts

• Phosphorescent - The Quotidian Beasts

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Phosphorescent's "Song For Zula" is by far one of my early favorite songs of the young year that is 2013. It's an instant classic. He just released a video for it that shows the struggle of a girl trying to break free from the chains that keep her tied down via one epic tracking shot that would make Children Of Men proud. It was directed by Phosphorescent's Matthew Houch as well as Djuna Wahlrab. Watch it below via NPR .

There's arguably only one major plot point in the video for Phosphorescent' s magnificent single, "Song For Zula", off their latest album  Muchacho .  After a deliberate, uncut tracking shot, you'll finally know what it is. The video was co-directed by the outfit's singer-songwriter Matthew Houck and Djuna Wahlrab, who wanted to set the perfect scene to match both the song's beauty and underlying pain in the lyrics. "The pacing [of the song] suggests a constant forward motion," Whalrab told  NPR , "but the reverb pulls you back echoing one beat behind the [...]

Muchacho is currently out on Dead Oceans.

One of the best tracks of the year was paired with a music video, released today. Check out Phosphorescent's "primitive" video for "Song for Zula" below, and if you haven't yet, get their new album Muchacho , you owe it to yourself.

Along with Djuna Wahlrab , Matthew Houck, the craggy-voiced country-rock rambler behind Phosphorescent, co-directed his own video for " Song For Zula ," the stately and pretty first single from his very good new album Muchacho . The whole video plays out as one single six-minute tracking shot, telling the tale of a wild-eyed woman who uses a rock to pound away at the chains shackling her, causing waves of pixelated digital distortion with every blow. I'm not exactly sure what the video's supposed to represent, but it's definitely supposed to represent something . Watch it below. [...]

The reception for Phosphorescent 's seventh studio album has been warm, a slow unfolding of recognition for a collection of songs that reflection mostly pain and rejection. Still, there's something to hold onto in Matthew Houck's voice. The stand-out from Muchacho is " Song For Zula " by far, and the video builds on the regretful narrative already established within lyrics like "Then I saw love disfigure me / Into something I am not recognizing." In the video, this disfigurment is embodied in a trapped individual, who repeatedly attempts to break free from chains, and [...]

Watch 'Song For Zula' via NPR. Phosphorescent recently dropped by KEXP. Purchase Phosphorescent items via Insound. MP3: Phosphorescent - The Mermaid Parade

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Joe writes: I didn't go to SXSW this year but I did download a couple of compilations of bands playing the event and felt I wasn't missing much until I heard Song For Zula. Then I saw it on Xfm's playlist, then in Spotify's "most viral" chart, then I discovered it was on Grey's Anatomy, all in the past 24 hours. What a beautiful piece of music, with echoes of Bette Midler's The Rose, Streets Of Philadelphia, and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.

• Phosphorescent - Song For Zula (Official Audio)

Phosphorescent' s breakout new record, Muchacho , builds upon Matthew Houck's barstool folk-rock with elegantly produced dashes of disco and electronica; seas of strings and piano keys. It blurs the line between Houck's contemplative, forlorn folk balladry and assured, lighthearted roots-rocktimism. Tuesday night, Phosphorescent tried to bring the melancholic party to the Rock and Roll Hotel. Blown out speakers and horrid sound mixing tried to stop them. Though the sound screamed out of the monitors with pain, it was clear that Houck's outfit could tear the roof off of a better-equipped venue. Their [...]

Misery proves to be the spinach to Matthew Houck’s Popeye as he has undoubtedly turned out what could be his most definitive statement as Phosphorescent yet. Dead Oceans, 2013 8.6 / 10 When...

Of course, there's a downside to making a record as intricate and delicately arranged as Phosphorescent's Muchahcho. The higher you set the bar for your listeners, the harder it is to live up to your own ambition. On the first night of tour, with a new lineup of players in tow, Matthew Houck told a ... Continue reading �