Currently on tour supporting the release of their new album Spills Out, Pterodactyl have taken the time to release a video for their song "The Break" from their new album.
The video for “The Break” was made from about 1,500 still photos taken in all sorts of varied situations: on tour in the US and Europe, at home in New York, in California with family, in Bali... It's kind of a hyper-scrapbook, where life flashes before your eyes at five photos a second. Some items featured in the photos include: a Prince record cover, a Balinese gamelan orchestra, shows at Death By Audio and Silent Barn in Brooklyn and the Smell in LA (among others), Joe's two nephews, a physics demonstration lighting up a piece of pencil lead with 5 amps of electric current, a used condom in the street, a graveyard in New Orleans, a crack in their van’s windshield...
The song itself is about quitting your job, and the inevitable flood of free time that comes as a result. Inevitably, most of this time is spent alone, which is both an awesome blessing and a huge challenge. Surfing is like a perfect little peaceful haven for solitude. It's like a vacation from having to think about what you should be doing at that moment because you're only supposed to be doing that one thing. No matter how badass a surfer you are (or aren't) it's always just about trying to focus on that activity.
Download: Pterodactyl - Spills Out
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