Video: The Happy Hollows - Death to Vivek Kemp

The Happy Hollows have released this fun stop-motion video for their single "Death to Vivek Kemp." It is an upbeat and catchy tune, and the simple and bright colors of the water-color palate imposed on top of the animated video accentuate the pop melodies of the song well. Its definitely worth taking a moment to enjoy the video. The track is a tune off of their debut Spells which was released in January. After watching the video, be sure to download the MP3 for the album opener "Faces." MP3: The [...]

• The Happy Hollows - Faces

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The Happy Hollows' video for "Death to Vivek Kemp" beat out of handful of other newbies' in an online contest to earn a spot in regular rotation starting Monday on MTVU. The video, the work of Benjamin Hoste , was hand-animated, with the trio's silhouettes traced from a video shot at band practice — more than 2,000 frames in all. Hoste writes that it took more than 40 hours just to scan the images into his computer. Tangentially, the emergence of this song, long a local favorite, shows you what a slow grind it's been for [...]

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Here's the super cool video for the Happy Hollow's "Death to Vivek Kemp" off their new album Spells. The band gets traced, water colored and decorated and it couldn't be more fun. Plus the song is one of my favorites of the year, so it's really worth checking out.

I've already talked about liking LA band The Happy Hollows and their debut album, Spells . The record has recently seen a re-release and now comes the video for "Death to Vivek Kemp," a song that reminds me a bit of Lush and The Primitives. purchase Spells from iTunes [...]

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