There’s a quiet kind of weight carried in Song for Girl from Macedonia, the final single and video from A Place To Bury Strangers before the arrival of Rare And Deadly, out on Dedstrange. The song settles in slowly with layers of sweet garage psychedelia and the wide, blurred edges of shoegaze opening up into something more intimate than expansive.
Oliver Ackermann explains: “We played a show in Macedonia and met this girl who deeply connected with the music. Her brother helped us load gear, pure kindness, no ego. She was killed by a drunk driver crossing the road. This song is for her. A small attempt at honoring someone who deserved more time.”
The accompanying video, created by the band’s original projectionist Spencer Bewley, moves with the same psychedelic discipline as the song itself.
Song for Girl from Macedonia feels like a gesture, being incredibly human, and sincere, held together by memory, and the sweet act of not letting someone be forgotten.
Photo by Patricio Lizama
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