Neil Halstead’s Video For “Elevenses”
A lovelorn ghost seeking companionship receives solid advice from a mysterious waiter at a cafe. “Elevenses” is from Neil’s second solo record Oh! Mighty Engine, released by Brushfire Records.
Check out this video from our buddies @ $99 Music Videos. Not only is the video a crafty creation that demands your attention, but this song will get branded into your head and you’ll be humming it’s melody in the shower tomorrow morning – be warned.
And I should know: See the guy in the background of the Cafe scenes at Nita Nita in Brooklyn wearing a long black coat and enjoying what seems to be a delicious meal and hilarious conversation? It’s me. And I had never heard the song before becoming an extra for that day, but it was at least a week before I went back to my normal routine of absently humming Jock Jams.(Don’t judge me)
Anyways, now that I have this insider knowledge, I feel the need to let you know two very important things about this video you can’t appreciate just watching.
1. It was cold as hell out there, and I wasn’t actually bouncing around because of the lovely conversation (and it was lovely, ladies). It was actually hypothermia-induced insanity.
2. The heater outside the cafe broke, and it got colder. But it was totally worth it.
Afterward, I had a few words with Neil in the bar – I can’t remember what about because, quite frankly, I was a bit tipsy at the time. But he is awesome, and we will interview him about musical-type things soon, I swear. But for now, just watch this video, and appreciate that they somehow did it all for $99.
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