Invisible Boy
You might already the work of Chris Bierden from various Minneapolis acts from Heavy Deeds, Pony Trash, Bones & Beeker to playing bass in Poliça to his solo act as Invisible Boy. Originally found off last year’s Invisible Boy self-titled album debut from Totally Gross National Product, Bierden proudly presents the breathtaking animated video for “All the Kids” from Scott Lunny (known for making video for Spank Rock, N.A.S.A.’s Sam Spiegel, Animal Collective) where Chris’s reflective & earnest sentiments are set to a hand-crafted cartoon that is set in a dystopian apocalyptic backdrop. Chris’s vocals & instrumentation arrangements are cast in the ether of a parallel world that seems similar to our own where a whole new futuristic post-space age realm materializes before your senses. Invisible Boy emphasizes those more intimate aspects of the human experience, where Chris underscores those precious moments of pensive reflection that take place in the times & places where we are finally alone & somewhat away from the immediate pressing pressures of our overwhelming environments.
“All the Kids” is a ballad of youth & its fleeing phases & stages that are sent to some sort of sci-fi world that is built out of a world of oceanic & atmospheric hues of blue. As the vapors move with the sway of the soft winds & breeze, Scott Lunny’s visuals introduce us to CGI aircrafts that appear like fireflies or metal moths that take flight across the vision-scape. Impressionist landscapes that are set on the edges of an unknown tomorrow house a hi-tek metropolis of sorts that is full of wild shapes & objects that posses a brilliant luster that symbolize the scientific & technological breakthroughs that our world might be on the precipice of. Chris Bierden takes us to these celestial places with a host of gorgeous piano & fuzz guitar melodies that make the mind full of memories of a million yesterdays. Yet those nostalgic feelings are cut short as chaos descends upon this animated world, as the those soaring unidentified flying entities are met with fiery demises that ultimately engulf the mesmerizing metropolis. “All the Kids” is an ode to our unbound imaginations, where the illustrious of objects & narratives can exist, if but only for a temporal time like our own finite mortality of time spent here in the material world. Invisible Boy’s Chris Bierden introduced the song & video with the following exclusive insights:
The fuzzy power-pop ballad “All the Kids” opens Invisible Boy’s self-titled debut album with a wistful, dreamy portrait of youth. As the song ebbs and flows lazily through psychedelic pastures, murky shadows bubble up to the surface presenting something more ominous. The accompanying visuals by animator Scott Lunny are inspired by the pulp, fantasy and science fiction novels of the 60s and 70s. The styles blend to tell a tale of cosmic exploration and ultimate destruction.
Invisible Boy self-titled album debut from Totally Gross National Product
