Video: Born Ruffians: "Hummingbird"
Having a party with Born Ruffians. The video for "Hummingbird", a song we premiered on Forkcast in September, is pretty simple, showing the trio sitting in a circle in the middle of a gathering as jumpy frames give the scene a jitteriness that mirrors the music. Eventually, some animated birds fly around and the guys start snapping at them like they're Sylvester and then they hack up feathers or confetti or something. This is one of those bands that, if someone were to describe them as annoying, I'd never offer a word in their defense-- the yelpy voice, I mean, OK, I can understand why it would put people off. But there's real joy in this stuff that strikes me as genuine, and cleverness to help get it across.
[from the Hummingbird EP; out now on Warp]