Tonight sister duo Sari and Romy Lightman, who perform a pretty and mystical sort of folk-rock as Tasseomancy, will join BRAIDS for a month on the road (see dates below). But before they kick off, they have shared a warm and surreal visual for their first single "Braid. Wind Is Coming."
Shot on Super 8 by the girls good friend and director Blake Blakely, the video has an air of intimacy and a special back story. As Blakely told The FADER, it was shot in the spell following his Leukaemia diagnosis. "When my health allowed, Tasseomancy and I would meet up in my neighborhood, or at my house and shoot a couple rolls of film on my sisters Super 8," he said. "When I had less energy I would stay at home and piece together the animation. Gradually, this video emerged."
"This video became a kind of companion—a point of connection to a world I felt separated from," he added. And "In the end, it became about taking stock of what was around us and trying to finds some beauty in it. My hope is that this video captures some of the ernest love we all had for the project and documents the tight friendship that grew between myself and the band."
Watch above, then take a second to take stock in the beauty around you.
Tasseomancy's upcoming tourdates with BRAIDS:
September 24th | Chicago IL | Subterranean
September 25th | Champaign IL | Pygmalion Music Festival
September 26th | Minneapolis MN | Turf Club
September 27th | Winnipeg MB | The Good Will
September 29th | Calgary AM | Commonwealth Bar
September 30th | Edmonton AB | Denizen Hall
October 2nd | Vancouver BC | The Cobalt
October 3rd | Seattle WA | Lo-Fi
October 4th | Portland OR | Bunk Bar
October 6th | San Fransisco CA | Bottom Of The Hill
October 7th | Los Angeles CA | The Lyric Theatre
October 8th | San Diego CA | Soda Bar
October 9th | Phoenix AZ | Valley Bar
October 10th | El Paso TX | Lowbrow Palace
October 12th | Dallas TX | Club Dada
October 13th | Austin TX | The Mohawk
October 16th | Atlanta GA | 529
October 17th | Raleigh NC | Kings
October 19th | Washington DC | DC9
October 20th | Philadelphia PA | Boots & Saddle
October 21st | Boston MA | Great Scott
October 22nd | Brooklyn NY | Baby’s All Right
