Holograms have a flair for brutality. If that wasn’t clear from the Swedish outfit’s bruising brand of post-punk, the vicious cover art to last year’s Forever LP, or the death-centric music video for “Meditations,” then it should be from their newest video, a seven-minute short for Forever closer “Lay Us Down.” The just-released clip bookends the track with audio of religious chanting, set to intense, black-and-white imagery: a solar eclipse, wolves attacking each other, a tombstone, and more flash across the screen. After the intro fades away, the opening chords of “Lay Us Down” sink in and the actual video begins, starting with a shot of a man running for his life in an empty parking garage. And the piece doesn’t lighten up from there. Watch it above, and head over to iTunes to purchase Forever.
Watch Holograms’ Beautifully Brutal ‘Lay Us Down’ Video
