MUSIC VIDEO: The Shins – The Rifle’s Spiral

April 18th, 2012

Grant Trimboli

Today, The Shins launched a stream of their new animated music video for the song “The Rifle’s Spiral” and it is truly an adventure.

Emmy-winning director Jamie Caliri creates an stop-motion animation world of eerie figures and landscapes to make us think outside the box. This song comes off the group’s latest effort, Port Of Morrow, through Sub Pop Records. This is one release you definitely need to have in your collection. Caliri had this to say regarding the making of the video, according to Nowness.

“I have always loved Edward Gorey’s illustration work and his influence is apparent throughout the video. Also, seeing Martin Scorsese’s Hugo three times subconsciously veered my thoughts onto the magic theme.”