People Museum is a pop-art, electronic band started by Jeremy Phipps and Claire Givens in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, LA in 2016. Inspired by afro-beat, hip-hop, choral, and marching band music, People Museum has formed a sound that could only come from the eclectic corners of Louisiana. Created with the intention of bringing nature to the future, People Museum combines the brass-filled past with the synthesizer heavy, progressive underground of New Orleans.
Their new EP I Could Only See Night – due out April 9th on Community Records and Strange Daisy Records – is a collection of songs made during quarantine in 2020, in addition to songs created in the first months of the formation of People Museum in 2016. It is a contemplation on our past, how we are making sense of where we have ended up, and learning to be more malleable with our visions of the future. With these songs, People Museum tries to light a way out of what have been some very dark times and open a space for the listener to reflect, dance, or feel joy.
Today Glide is delighted to premiere the music video for “Forever,” one of the standout tracks from this vibrant duo. With its downtempo electronica sound mixed with dreamy vocals, the song showcases the dance-ready grooves People Museum are capable of conjuring. Claire Givens’ lyrics soar over the beat in a way that is haunting and tantalizing at the same time, and the way the duo incorporates brass into the beat captures their ability to push boundaries and give the listener unexpected flourishes inspired by the city they call home. The video itself focuses on the song’s theme of cycles and liberation that ultimately lead you to escape and run away.Â
Riley Teahan, director of the video, reflects on the song’s meaning and shares insight on the creative process behind the video:
flashing light, thoughts that keep you up at night:
when I think about forever my head starts to spin.
caught in a cycle, the mind is a spiral staircase.
how long did you know it was time to go
before you decided to leave ?
Forever is a song about cycles and liberation. I know well the feeling of spiraling, how easily you can lose yourself.
I asked women to embody a complicated moment of escape, flee, freedom, run, don’t look back.
WATCH:
‘I Could Only See The Night’ is out 4/9/21 on Community Records and Strange Daisy Records.
Pre-Order Vinyl Link: www.peoplemuseumband.com
