Chi già conosce la straordinaria verve creativa di Brian Woodbury poco si stupisce nel sapere dell'ultima impresa in cui si è cacciato - realizzare un video per ciascuno degli 88 brani che compongono la quadrupla raccolta Anthems & Antithets - e che ora tenta disperatamente di portare a termine. Per metà i video sono già pronti, compreso il più ambizioso di tutti, Theseus Rex, che vedrà la luce anche come romanzo grafico a sé stante; per gli altri 47 il Nostro si è dato tempo ancora un anno. Ma ha bisogno di aiuto: "During the depths of the pandemic I pushed myself to create an avalanche of music – 88 songs for a 4-volume recording called Anthems & Antithets. It’s my magnum opus, a labor of love and a labor of… well, labor. And, as if that wasn’t enough, I also began furiously churning out music videos for those songs. I’ve made 41 music videos so far. People tell me I should take a break. But I can’t. I’m obsessed with finishing the remaining 47 music videos, the only way to fully realize my vision for Anthems & Antithets. And I’m challenging myself to do it in a year. Anthems & Antithets is the consummation of my burning passion for disparate and divers musical genres. It’s a bold manifesto of my signature brand of eclecticism. Art rock, power pop, Americana, post modern jazz, singer/songwriter, psychedelia and prog, all stirred together with a theatrical bent and a whimsical blast. Totalling over 5 hours of music, it covers everything from a 15-second ditty about flashmobs to a full setting of the Latin Mass. Each volume smacks of a different musical flavor - comic, personal, political and arty. But there’s an underlying aesthetic of melodic adventure, rich harmony, love of language and irreverent humor. And an overarching theme of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, a spirit of we’re-all-in-it-togetherness. I’ve truly poured my heart and soul into this music and these videos. After all this work and with 47 more music videos to go, it almost feels like we’re in the home stretch. All I need is $12,000."
L'appello, che circola già da qualche tempo tra i frequentatori di Indiegogo, si rinnova in questi giorni sulle note di Lucy I'm Home, brano che Woodbury ha composto assieme a uno dei suoi idoli di sempre, Van Dyke Parks, e presente in Antipathy & Ideology.
https://brianwoodbury.com
https://www.indiegogo.com/47-music-videos-and-a-comic-book
https://youtu.be/v24h8qoL0SU