The Feeling : ‘Without You’ Music Video ! From The Brilliant Band

The Feeling some airplay here on Killed By The Video Star, but as none of you seemed to notice, or care, I thought I’d try again. I warn you, if I get no comments this time, I’ll keep plugging their videos until someone takes notice!

This is the second song from their second album, called Without You, and it’s a slice of Indie Pop heaven that deserves to get listened to by more ears than it currently is.
The song is a simple love song, about how badly you miss people when you are away from them. It’s like everything you do may be brilliant, except in the back of your head, your partner isn’t there with you to share the moment.

I suspect its a personal song from the experience of lead singer Dan Gillespie Sells, who has to leave his partner every time he goes touring with the group.

The video sums up these feelings by putting Dan in the role of an astronaut, in what looks like the old Soviet Union. We get to see him being prepared for space, before having his picture taken with his parents and captain.

I love the way the video is shot, starting and ending with a close up of Gillespie Sells’ eyes as he ponders life without the people he loves as he ventures in to space.

It looks like the video was done in just two shots, with a pan out, and a pan back in. You’ll notice also that the other band members all have a cameo part to play.

The song may be cheesy, and pure Pop, but who cares, it’s also beautifully sung, and tugs at the heartstrings. The video is innovative, and well done too.

THE brilliant thing about The Feeling is that they know how to make poppy tunes which seem, on first listen, insubstantial.

But this new single is actually about the Virginia Tech shootings. With a great hook and a message to boot.

Sure, it sounds a bit preachy. But, it's testament that there is so much more to this brilliant band than a great chorus and twee lyrics.

The Feeling - ‘I Thought It Was Over’ Music Video

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Pennywise album will be free for two weeks

The band's “Reason to Believe" will be free for two weeks.

It's been a long, loud journey for Pennywise. The Southern California punk stalwarts released their debut album 17 years ago on Epitaph Records and went on to rack up 3 million CDs sold worldwide. This week, they release their ninth collection as a true 21st century endeavor: "Reason to Believe" finds the Hermosa Beach punks partnering with MySpace Records, and the 14-track album will be offered free to fans for two weeks beginning Tuesday.

"It's a brave new world in the music industry," lead singer Jim Lindberg said last week during a break from rehearsals.

Bands used to fret over the cover art for their album; now they wrestle with decisions about the price of their album and their path to the marketplace. All eyes were on Radiohead a few months ago with their pay-what-you-want model online followed by a physical CD release. And Lindberg said he was intrigued by Elvis Costello's recent announcement that he would put out an album on vinyl that would come with a download voucher tucked inside. "I'm not really the person that downloads and listens on portable devices or a computer, that's not how I enjoy my music. But a lot of people do, and this approach we're doing will really connect with a lot of new people."

It's a significant project for MySpace, which will be putting its considerable network propulsion behind a free full album from a name band for the first time. Pennywise's new single, "The Western World," is already getting heavy rotation on KROQ-FM (106.7). (Epitaph will release the album jointly with MySpace Records in Europe and Australia.)

Pennywise (which has Fletcher Dragge on guitar, Byron McMackin on drums, Randy Bradbury on bass) got its start as a backyard lark in 1988. Lindberg said the turmoil and opportunity of the music industry today can be unsettling, but the band is just happy to be as loud as ever. "We all expected to need day jobs a long time ago."

Pennywise is playing the Key Club on Thursday.

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