Tiny Moving Parts – “For The Sake Of Brevity” Video

Tiny Moving Parts, the emo revival band from Benson, Minnesota that we all know and love, released their video for their single “For The Sake Of Brevity” on January 16, 2019. This track is actually part of a two song single including “Fish Bowl”. For those of you new to the band, “For The Sake Of Brevity” actually appeared on their album Antarctica  (2010).

The video shows lead vocalist Dylan Mattheisen walking on a frozen lake with a guitar strapped to his back. He spends his time wondering around, passing people ice fishing, appearing to be in search of something. The lyrics and the video combined gave me chills. As Dylan walks the ice not saying a word, the verse is played over him:

“Listen up cubs, please don’t be afraid
This is the worst news I swear I’ll have to say to you
Mom’s not here
God took her elsewhere, she’s playing with deer
Where the snow is glistening year after year
I swear she’s not dead
But she’s never coming back again”

He continues walking until it’s dark. A light coming from a fishing shack catches his attention. The camera shows the view from inside the shack facing the door and the rest of the band playing the song. The chorus is sung in harmony over the video:

“Antarctica look what you did to us
Antarctica look what you did to us
Antarctica”

Dylan then bursts through the dark doorway and into the light with guitar in hand, and without breaking stride, walks right up to the mic to scream out the rest of the chorus and verse with his band:

“look what you did to us
You fucked it up
And for the sake of brevity, I’ll sum this up
You opened my eyes, and closed them at the same time”

This video actually reminded me of the video for Possum Kingdom by The Toadies. Both videos depict someone wandering on or around a lake with the band jamming out in a shack nearby. There are obviously many differences, but I got the same feel from the Tiny Moving Parts video as I did when I first saw Possum Kingdom by The Toadies. If you haven’t seen it already, take a look at Tiny Moving Parts’ video “For The Sake Of Brevity” below.