The Avalanches have shared the music video for a new song called “Running Red Lights,” and it features Pink Siifu and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo.
During his verse, Pink Siifu raps lyrics from David Berman’s Purple Mountains song “Darkness and Cold.” Listen to it, and find the band’s statement about the song, below.
The video for “Running Red Lights” was made in dedication to David Berman and directed by Greg Brunkalla. “This was the 2nd video I did with the Avalanches,” Brunkalla said in a press release, “but the first time I actually met Robbie [Chater] and Tony [Di Blasi] in person.
For ‘Running Red Lights’ they asked if I could include a few key elements–like neon, a psychic and have it take place in L.A.
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