Directed by Antoine Lahaie and visually inspired by films like Blade Runner and Under The Skin, Nap Eyes precede the release their new album, 'Snapshot of a Beginner', out on March 27 via Jagjaguwar/Royal Mountain, with a third cut and video from the record.
“We don't know whether they've been there before, if they're stuck there and passing time, if they have a purpose or they're just chilling,” says Lahaie on the clip. “It was also important for me to keep it abstract and unresolved. Even though I like to be tongue in cheek I didn't want to fall into something comedic.”
Frontman Nigel Chapman elaborates on 'Mystery Calling' itself. "On one level it’s basically a description of my homebody ways, and it’s also about the way our mundane routines can seem to pull us away from what I’m referring to as ‘Mystery’ in the song– that is, away from the discovery and creation that seem to be more valuable and important activities in themselves, despite being deemed superficially ‘non-practical.’
"Now, this irritation and sense of being drawn away from what’s important is probably mostly illusory. This is because the cosmic mystery is probably accessible even in the midst of the most boring and stressful busywork. At the same time, as any good procrastinator should know, there is quite a lot of good that comes from letting the mind ignore apparently pressing worldly activities in order to let it roam, explore, discover and create.”
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