For nearly a decade, Woodstock, New York–based songwriter Biita Houdei built up a small discography of self-released indie-folk tunes under the name Leponds that blended finger-picked acoustic guitar with reverb-soaked vocals and a lush baroque-pop soundbed underneath it all. Next month she’ll return with her debut album under her own name titled The Bed Was Made for Me, with its third and latest single “Night Fright” exhibiting how the Father/Daughter Records release specifically mimics the spooky sounds Grizzly Bear were making circa Yellow House. “This song represents two distinct relationships,” she notes, “one of them rooted in difficulty and turmoil, the other blossoming into something effortless and gentle.”
The track’s music video leans into the rustic eeriness of the song itself, with Houdei starring in a dual role that sees her inhabiting both of those relationships—one as a feral and bedridden Regan MacNeil figure, the other channeling horror’s foremost writher Isabelle Adjani in Possession, blue dress and all. “The music video follows alongside the lyrics quite closely,” she explains. “I am fighting with the old version of myself in that first relationship, as it seems to be common that we can turn away from our true nature when another person prompts negativity. But as you stay in those difficult relationships, those behaviors can very much intrude and meld into your own. I suppose it’s about breaking free.”
As for the production, she adds: “This music video was so clear in my head and these two incredible filmmakers, Seth Naugle and Sam Falconi, always seem to pluck the imagery right out of my brain. I am so thankful to our incredible crew who give their time and talents this—and that they all deeply believe in the arts, even when the team is small and the resources are depleted. The video was executed using all practical effects—that's something worth noting.”
Check out the video below, and pre-order This Bed Was Made for Me here.
