Join urban sensibilities with the delicate strains of indie-folk and you get Leland Sundries‘ new EP, The Apothecary. And in the video for the track “Elegy,” Nick Loss-Eaton—the man behind the music—and director Scott Variano further tighten the bond between pastoral and metropolitan by venturing into one of New York City’s many hidden oddities—Staten Island’s Tugboat Graveyard.
Thanks to the clip, one doesn’t necessarily have to make the trek to Arthur Kill to get a feel for the collection of long-forgotten boats, barges and ferries floating in their various states of decomposition. Between that montage, which Variano nicely captures on film, and Loss-Eaton’s throaty vocals and easygoing harmonica strains, I almost feel like I’m watching a clip set back in the Deep South.
The Apothecary EP is out now on L’echiquier Records. Pick it up right here.
