Lennington Evening-Blooming Cellar

The writer of this review recently had the privilege of reviewing a music video by British band Blooming Cellar, which was titled Tuesday and was a pleasant viewing. This one is even better.

Like the Tuesday video, Lennington Evening consists of black-and-white animation accompanied by a song.

Let's begin with the visuals. Viewing this music video feels almost like experiencing a slide show or reading a comic book. From start to finish a series of cartoon-style drawings are shown one after the other and they more or less tell a story about being a writer. What is seen in the drawings then? Well, first, there is a main character, a young writer and he is shown working hard on his typewriter, papers everywhere and he seems to be struggling with alcohol. Evidently, he meets a nice, young woman. The setting? Judging from the buildings, this seems to be New York City. Maybe the nineteen-fifties. Tall buildings. Airplanes. Civilisation. Reality appears to blend with imagination as flowers (gigantic flowers) emerge from the roads and take over buildings and countless of typewriter papers turn into paper planes, flying over nature and through space. There is brief animation that includes colours, which consists of images that resemble nineteen-fifties postcards.

And now the audio, or should we say ''the song'', which was written in 1996, in London. Superb vocals, dynamic guitars and tense drums create a sort of rock song that is a joy to listen to. The melodies and words generate emotions concerning nostalgia, hardship and romance.

So what is this about then? What messages are communicated here? As mentioned above (and as the drawings demonstrate) this is a project about being a writer, the struggles of being a writer, dealing with alcohol addiction and finding a partner. Moreover, the enormous flowers breaking through the ground and covering buildings might represent nature taking over civilisation, nature reclaiming its territory.

Viewers can appreciate this four-minute-long music video via a number of ways, be it the impressive animation, the enjoyable song or the themes. Or, maybe all these together, why not? Overall, this short takes people on a dramatic, romantic and fantastical journey.