Bon Iver sax man Colin Stetson is a master of focus and mood — a baritone brass-wielding genius who can create entire emotional arcs and detail-laden compositions using only a single instrument. It’s no wonder that, as he recently told SPIN, the man maintains a rigorous mind/body fitness regimen that includes yoga, morning breathing exercises, and meditation. His album New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light is due out April 30 on Constellation Records. So far we’ve heard a handful of highlights — the haunting “High Above a Grey Green Sea,” and a four-song batch that included some guest vocals from Justin Vernon — and now we’ve got some stark yet glorious visuals to take in. Above you’ll find the video for a pair of songs: the mournful and frozen “In Mirrors,” followed by “And in Truth,” which finds Vernon cooing beauty over a lush and warm set of layered sax sounds. The imagery is cold to be sure, but Kurtis Hough’s frosty artwork in part one resolves into a snow-covered living forest in part two, directed by Dan Huiting and Tabb Firchau. See if you don’t get the chills.
See Colin Stetson and Justin Vernon’s ‘And in Truth’ Echo Over a Frozen Wilderness
