While there aren’t many opportunities for collaboration in the community of Glentworth, Saskatchewan (pop. 65, per the most current count available online from 2001), but the duo of Kacy & Clayton have found a suitable teammate in New Zealand songwriter Marlon Williams for their latest LP, Plastic Bouquet, which drops next month. Having already shared the record’s debut single “I Wonder Why,” the trio are following that up with “Isn’t It,” a track Kacy describes as “a tale of fear, lust, and a lack of self-possession.” “It’s one of my favorites,” notes Williams. “It’s a country song, but there’s aggression and symbolism to the lyrics. It really resonated with me in an abstract and forceful way, almost like punk.”
The single also arrives with a video, shot in the desolate plains of their locale, throwing it back to the pioneer-era 1930s for a wedding. “Our cousin Brenna Kuffner came up with the narrative for the video and plays the role of the bride,” Kacy Lee Anderson shares. “She wanted to tell the story of the isolation and bitter disappointment that many pioneer women faced after marriage. It all came together with the help of my dear friends from The Waverley Pickers. There weren’t a lot of options for casting, which really brings out the small town high school drama club elements. Everyone chipped in with props and even horses; Jaybird and Buzz were loaned to us by Callie McCrea’s father. She also plays the groom in the video. We borrowed the Model-T from our friend Al Falconer and had our friend Landon Johnson drive down to shoot and direct it. It really does take a village.
“This area is pretty desolate,” she continues, “so we shot the video on my property and my cousins Lloyd and Nyla Anderson’s property, and at the old Ukranian church. It’s basically all in the Rural Municipality of Waverley no. 44, a name which was changed to Glentworth in 1913 after the town council figured out there was already a town called Waverley. We still claim Waverley, even though the original town was moved in 1929 to be on the new rail line. There’s a lot of history here. I hope that comes across in the video.”
Watch the video below, and pre-order Plastic Boutique—out December 11 via New West—here.
