Dusty vigilantes rip through the Aussie outback for this week’s steel-clad, leather-bound Feature Video from local psych rockers Pond.
If you’ve ever had the hankering to watch Nick Albrook flip a thousand birds, then ‘Two Hands’ is the music video for you. Directed by filmmaker Kristofski, the music video takes us from the junkyard to the outback and back again (about two hours drive from Perth, to be exact) as Nick, Az and their trusty rust bucket take their local coppers on a dusty goose chase. Nick explains “The video was made by us and Kristofski (with heaps of help from Tess Thompson, Kate Green and Christian Dillon). We filmed it in York and the Beverley Offroad Motorsports Association on one of the hottest days of the summer. Az was tough enough to wear full leathers the whole time. Endless thanks to him and Ry for fully embodying the soul of this video with their enduring passion for dust, rust, black cans, circlework and fucked up old motorcars.”
“When a band as unhinged as Pond call me I don't even care what the concept is, I just show up” adds Kristofski. “Wasn't really too sure what we were making and not really sure what we made.”
Despite all the tongue-in-cheekiness of the clip, ‘Two Hands’ is a track with a significantly serious message. “This song is about when mining company Rio Tinto blew up Juukun Gorge in the Hammersley Range in Western Australia” says Nick. “They destroyed sacred rock shelters that were of the highest archaeological, cultural and spiritual significance. The rock shelters contained a cultural sequence spanning 46,000 years that had been taken care of by the local Indigenous communities. I was wondering how the commentators around this country would've reacted if the shoe was on the other foot and someone had demolished the Vatican or Notre Dame or St. Paul’s because it was in the way of their corporate expansion. Anyway, its a little word of encouragement that you’ve got every right to be very fucking angry about this injustice.”
