…every minute, every hour, ZACH RUSSELL Born Again
Zach Russell Born Again is available on Where the Flowers Meet the Dew
by Walter Price
From his phenomenal ‘Where the Flowers Meet the Dew’ LP comes a sprawling roots opera “Born Again”—a good-timer’s existential journey through the balance of eternal salvation and earthly existence. If you’ve taken a breath, you’ve been through this mental expedition yourself.
“Preacher said I need to be saved/ Better pray before they put me in the grave/ If I wanna enter in/ I’ve got to be born Again/ I just looked him in the eyes and said—When I wake up in the morning I’ll be born again/ When I get across the river I’ll be born again/ Every minute, every hour I am born again
And baby when I die I will be born again/ And again and again.”
Coming in at around seven minutes, this track has sonic chapters that’ll undoubtedly dazzle musicophiles. But the near psych arrangement and Bakersfield poetry aside, it may be the Kenneth Herron-directed music video that’ll have tongues a-waggin’. Without giving too much away, the editing in this short film is all in the eyes, and it’s most likely the most beautifully bizarre piece of indie filmmaking that this writer has seen in a while. It’s a must-see…
And you can see the music video for “Born Again”, right here at the GTC.
ZACH RUSSELL Born Again
Artist photo by Emma Delevante // Lyrics via Google // Bio excerpt via zachrussellmusic.com
Produced by: Corner Media
Director and Editor: Kenneth Herron
Cinematography: Noah Cordell
Creative Director: Kyle Crownover
“Once again joining forces with up-and-coming producer Kyle Crownover (Adeem the Artist), this ten-song effort never takes its foot off the gas pedal. Dominant themes of wrestling with mortality, pondering reincarnation, and finding that ever-elusive feeling of contentment in this life weave gracefully through.” – bio