Frog Eyes – “E-E-Y-O-R-E (That’s Me!)” [Video]

Vancouver indie-rock greats Frog Eyes share “E-E-Y-O-R-E (That’s Me!)”, their latest single.

Frog Eyes on the track, “”E-E-Y-O-R-E” has that riff that happens in the middle and end of the song, and it’s rare, and I like it. When we play it live, our keyboard player Shyla will often look at my guitar with enthusiasm and encouragement. The song itself is a bit about loneliness, fear, isolation, the irony that we all are simultaneously bombarded with these isolating emotions, but unable to bust out of these individual spheres. Eeyore: our collective familiar, our beloved daemon.

When Derek laid out the concept of the video, I thought of my favourite music video ever, “Sabrina” by Einstürzende Neubauten. In the end, in the execution, very different, but conceptually not that far off. It’s economical in form, distinctive and effective, all describers that we strive for.”

This video was directed by Derek Janzen.
Derek on the video, “When Carey sent E-E-Y-O-R-E over to see if I had any video ideas, the song title alone got my mind moving. And after listening through a few times, and thinking about the lore of Eeyore, this archetype of sadness that he encapsulates, it made me wonder what other characters put out a similar image of loneliness.

For whatever reason, black metal guys seemed to make sense to me as a visual representation of those emotions. And even though this look behind the curtain of a quite extreme form of artistic expression is portrayed rather humorously, my feeling is that all types of art-making tend to be pretty vulnerable to pursue in their own ways. This look behind the curtain of a quite extreme form of artistic expression is portrayed with sentimentality, softness and caring, as it is my feeling that all types of art-making tend to be pretty vulnerable to pursue in their own ways.”

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