Video: The Shins: "Sleeping Lessons"
Especially if your first class isn't until 1 p.m. and you have Fridays off, one thing a college student probably doesn't need to study up on is the importance of some quality Z's. So New York University student filmmaker Antonio Campo was probably well prepared to direct the video for the Shins' "Sleeping Lessons", culled from this year's Wincing the Night Away and now premiering over at MTVu. Campo shows us a young woman who paints the cityscape and eventually manages to control the city lights, which twinkle along with the arpeggios and shuffling electric guitars. One piece of advice from the Shins, incoming freshmen: "You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise." But it's good to keep an open mind.
Video:> The Shins: "Sleeping Lessons"
[from Wincing the Night Away; out now on Sub Pop]