"Lion of Judah," the A-side of Dyan Ettinger's new 7", sees the Bloomington, IN artist going in for some deep, terrestrial blues after the arpeggiated beam-scapes of his New Age Outlaws LP. Never thought I'd enjoy watching "action shots" of a dude playing a synthesizer, but this video by Nathan Vollmar and William Winchester Claytor makes every moment count, from the turn of a head to the opening of an eye and the choreography of a body lunging forward for a kiss. If the slant of the light and the group compositions remind you of clicking through slides in Art History 101, it's because the artists were taking some pretty serious cues from Caravaggio. --Emilie Friedlander, Visitation Rites
"Lion of Judah" 7" is available from Not Not Fun, along with Dylan's New Age Outlaws LP
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