Austin’s shaggy-haired savant Bill Baird loves to unload his lo-fi video visions upon the world as much as he does his music, and to accompany the release of this spring’s Bright Blue Dream, which preceded the recent Glowing City, he has been preparing an entire video set. He hasn’t quite finished them, though according to a recent blog post, thinks that is for the better: “Ironically, all the delay has been good… the videos didn’t affect initial reactions to the album. Funny, off-the-cuff
videos for dark songs might’ve caused some serious cognitive dissonance. This time lapse allows
the videos to be seen as not extending directly from the songs, but more a way to blow off some
creative steam, have fun, and experiment in a new medium.”
Eventually Baird is planning on having an entire site up with videos for Bright Blue Dream, though how he’ll find the time, we have no idea. Currently, Sunset is heading back from the west coast as part of their “Deep Fry into the Sun” tour, even recently recording at Seattle’s KEXP. Sunset will return to Austin this weekend and be here through the end of the month when they’ll play the KVRX benefit at the Mohawk on August 30.
Before setting out west, however, Baird did release this awesome little video for “I Love My Job,” featuring a starring role from Sunsetter Sam Sanford as Baird’s maniacal boss. You can also check out Baird’s video for Peel’s song, “Moxy Blues,” which is really just Josh Permenter freaking out on camera, but pretty hilarious nonetheless.
Websites:
www.blondebill.com
Myspace
