Fleet Foxes have shared the music video for ‘Featherweight’, marking exactly one year since the release of their surprise album ‘Shore’.The animated stop-motion clip was directed by frontman Robin Pecknold’s brother Sean, and follows a bird struggling to take flight.
The animation was provided by Eileen Kohlhepp.Sean has worked on a number of Fleet Foxes music videos in the past, including ‘Can I Believe You’ and ‘White Winter Hymnal’. “When I made the first Fleet Foxes video using clay stop-motion, I fell in love with the tactile quality of the technique and never looked back,” Sean said in a statement.“There is something really special about creating animations in the real world.
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