Radical Friend’s Yeasayer video for “Ambling Alp” and Phase IV

Although Radical Friend’s new music video for Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp” looks, at first glance, like a generically indie mishmash of technology and gothic overtones - a closer look suggests it’s actually a charming homage to the cooler visual elements in (the otherwise incredible) Saul Bass‘ infamous debut feature film, “Phase IV“.

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

Trailer - Phase IV

Unfortunately this Trailer doesn’t include a lot of the wonderful stuff from the film, but you can see a few examples that cross over - such as the scientific dome, rocky desert, hyper-colour mud lakes (+ people) and the obsession with geometrics. Although clearly Bass’ great failing was not including as many TITS as they manage to get into the Yeasayer video.

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