Last week, our good friends in Hightstown's YJY premiered the excellent video for Couch Surfin' USA track "Amelia" with our other good friends at Speak Into My Good Eye. Directed by Dean Luis Chuqui and edited by YJY's own Ricky Lorenzo with added VHS footage from bandmate Steve Sachs, "Amelia" features Steve Sachs taking exceptionally good care of a 1974 Volkswagen Beetle.
Over in the SIMGE write-up, YJY drummer Dave Sachs mentions experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger as inspiration. It would appear that Anger's "Kustom Kar Kommandos" was the most direct inspiration for the clip, but the split screen shots, the fiery color palette of "Amelia," and that Steve Sachsian je ne sais quoi are all YJY-specific touches.
Check out the video for "Amelia" below and then snowshoe it on over to Wonder Bar this evening where the guys play a free show as part of a solid bill that also includes Deaf Rhino and the always lovely Doug Zambon of The Vansaders.
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