The Dear Hunter Share “Shouting at the Rain” Music Video, Talk About Symphony Project

September 4th, 2013

Nina Corcoran

With ambitious projects always set out infront of themselves, Rhode Island’s The Dear Hunter bite off more than what normal musicians can chew. The difference between themselves and other prog-rock indie bands is that they can actually finish it. With the three novel-esque Act albums as well as nine EPs for The Color Spectrum, their enormous projects are nothing but impressive. Now, frontman Casey Crescenzo is planning a new symphony (really, a symphony) after just releasing Migrant earlier this year. While he does have a lot on his future plate, Migrant is still on his mind as The Dear Hunter just released the “Shouting at the Rain” music video.

The music video follows a young boy as he retreats to his imagination in avoidance of the world’s stressors as he feels drained and used up. Unfortunately, in this case, the stressors are his arguing parents. Watch the video after the jump below.

Crescenzo’s symphony is crowd-funded thanks to their PledgeMusic campaign. Crescenzo plans to create the work with the assistance of the BRNO Orchestra in the Czech Republic. He says the symphony will have four movements and will take, as expected, a ton of time. His full message, as well as the various perks offered for those wishing to pledge, can be read on the official project page.

In an interview with MTV’s Buzzworthy, Crescenzo admitted he has no experience writing symphonies. “I have experience writing music with many parts, but symphonic music is vastly different than rock music,” he said, adding that their current tour with a quartet “is sounding amazing in rehearsal.” This bodes well for the intense project that lies ahead.

Watch the video for “Shouting at the Rain” below: