It’s a sad fact of the 21st century that people hit animals with their cars far too often, but in Aussie rocker Courtney Barnett‘s newest video for “Dead Fox”— a standout track from her official debut album—the tables are turned. It’s a world of animated animal road rage, and no one is safe. After all, the old adage holds true: “If you can’t see me / I can’t see you.”
The video’s creators Rory Kerr and Paul Ruttledge said, “We liked how politically loaded and conversational the lyrics are. We wanted the animation to have a stylistic and organic look, hence most of the drawings were done on paper rather than digitally. To further compliment the lyrics, we thought it would be funny to have the animals in the video look as cynical as possible, as if they’d had enough with how humans are treating them.”
The moral of the story: Treat animals better. Also, don’t propose on a freeway. Those should both be obvious.
Read our Under The Influence feature on Courtney Barnett.
(via Pitchfork)
