The Polyphonic Spree - "Let Them Be" 

"This is a narrative of conscious devolution. Our hero moves against the grain to return to origin rather than participate in civilized institutions. I would say that it's a video in defense of taking a day and staying in bed. Sometimes." - Benjamin Violet Rowe www.benjamjamjam.com
"Let Them Be is a song I created from looking at images of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea while working on some beats via Garage Band a few days before the recording session to finish the new album. I basically wrote the music and lyrics for it right there and saved most of it for the final recording including the vocals. Of course much of the band came on board and placed parts here and there. Later, when we were having Tim Palmer mix the record, Julie and I asked him to "take it some place unexpected" just so we could step back and see what happened. Tim (Palmer) sent it to us the next day and had created an entire world to compliment the simple tracks. We loved it! It now seemed my original ideas were sitting in a modern world somewhere I couldn't place yet had the vintage feel of a pub. Ben Rowe, who has done quite a bit of video work with us before, created the video without us giving one bit of insight or direction. His work is completely original and again the song, setting wise etc, takes us to even a more unknown reality. We were more than happy with the video when we saw it........" - Tim DeLaughter (The Polyphonic Spree)