After over 15 years making underappreciated music with quietly influential acts like Far, Gratitude and onelinedrawing, we knew Jonah Matranga was inexhaustible, but who would've thought that not even murderous zombies could tear him down? In this exclusive unveiling of his new video for "Not About a Girl or a Place," Matranga reveals himself as a bona fide horror hero, but also as a bit of a fibber. He starts the song by immediately debunking its title with the line "She was the worst liar I'd ever seen." Apparently she taught him a thing or two about deceit.

With that out of the way Matranga teases Casablanca homage with grainy film and a candlelight dinner but by the time the folk-song verses collide with the anthemic chorus, the undead are on the loose and the clip has become Sam Raimi's cheesy cult-classic Evil Dead. With Matranga as the Bruce Campbell character, campy gore goes strum for strum with his acoustic guitar as blood splatters with more range than his dynamic voice. The highlight though, is Matranga strangling a particularly pesky zombie with a white studded-belt -- a move we've all thought about unleashing on a scenester once or twice. Eventually even the monsters can't help but sway with the song and just in time for Halloween our man gets the (blood-soaked) girl. Now without a moniker, Jonah Matranga's latest solo record And is available now through the Limekiln label. 

Now Watch This:
Jonah Matranga – "Not About a Girl or a Place"

On the Web:
Jonah Matranga at MySpace
jonahmatranga.com

Talk: Will Jonah Matranga's heroic side get him the 'girl' and some album sales?