This is kind of old news, but if you haven't seen it it's absolutely genius.
And I mean that in every way. I'm not a huge GB fan, but I love the sound of the song - the thick, chewy guitar texture, in particular. Lyrically, it's just another breakup song, but it's not histrionic - calm and cool, but seething with frustration and bitterness; very honest, but also mature and world-weary. And the video not only adds to the song, but is fascinating in its own right: the lone fencer with no one to fight, his head seemingly locked inside his own helmet, passing the time with distractions as he tries to kick the memories away. The jerky and repetitive stop-motion visuals give it an obsessive, hallucinogenic quality, perfectly in touch with the song's emotional content. The whole thing is just dead-on.
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