Lifehouse have released the music video for "Between The Raindrops," the lead single for alternative rock band's latest sixth album, "Almería." The track features the British pop singer and songwriter Natasha Bedingfield, is the first duet Lifehouse have ever recorded. The album was named after the picturesque Spanish town of Almería, which was the location for the filming of many of the classic spaghetti westerns filmed in the mid 1960's. So, it makes perfect sense that the group's first music video for the album embodies the feel of these classic Westerns.
The song is a gorgeous pop-rock ballad with a beautiful melody and haunting delivery from both of its vocalist. A perfect collaboration! Speaking about the tune, the band's frontman Jason Wade said: "'Between the Raindrops' is a confluence of all these different musical styles coming together. There is this cinematic spaghetti western undercurrent breathing and moving in the confines of a pop rock song. The track started as a complete experiment, a sort of stream of consciousness. I feel like the song really was solidified and came to life when Natasha came down to the studio and sang on the track."
Shot in Box Canyon, Colorado where Lifehouse recorded "Almería" had a similar arid landscape, the epic video for "Between the Raindrops," is filled with gorgeous shots of nature: galloping horses, sun drenched trees, mountains and, of course, rain storms. But the imagery wasn't chosen at random; it all comes together to give the video a symbolic meaning. "The concept was kind of metaphoric in nature," Wade explained. "There's this kind of urgency between myself and Natasha. From a distance, you can feel this massive storm coming. It's a metaphor for life. For making it through turbulent times."
The video takes viewers behind the cameras to see how the director shot some of the trickier scenes with the band and Bedingfield appear in different vignettes and there's an ominous storm that's coming towards the camera and Bedingfield is seen with two white horses and ends with the sun rises while Wade and Bedingfield are shown walking through the sunlight in the valley. "The video is very symbolic," Bedingfield had a similar take on the song and video. "It's about relationships. It's about the struggles we go through and the safety of having someone you know, and how incredible it is when you do get through those struggles."
The song is a gorgeous pop-rock ballad with a beautiful melody and haunting delivery from both of its vocalist. A perfect collaboration! Speaking about the tune, the band's frontman Jason Wade said: "'Between the Raindrops' is a confluence of all these different musical styles coming together. There is this cinematic spaghetti western undercurrent breathing and moving in the confines of a pop rock song. The track started as a complete experiment, a sort of stream of consciousness. I feel like the song really was solidified and came to life when Natasha came down to the studio and sang on the track."
Shot in Box Canyon, Colorado where Lifehouse recorded "Almería" had a similar arid landscape, the epic video for "Between the Raindrops," is filled with gorgeous shots of nature: galloping horses, sun drenched trees, mountains and, of course, rain storms. But the imagery wasn't chosen at random; it all comes together to give the video a symbolic meaning. "The concept was kind of metaphoric in nature," Wade explained. "There's this kind of urgency between myself and Natasha. From a distance, you can feel this massive storm coming. It's a metaphor for life. For making it through turbulent times."
The video takes viewers behind the cameras to see how the director shot some of the trickier scenes with the band and Bedingfield appear in different vignettes and there's an ominous storm that's coming towards the camera and Bedingfield is seen with two white horses and ends with the sun rises while Wade and Bedingfield are shown walking through the sunlight in the valley. "The video is very symbolic," Bedingfield had a similar take on the song and video. "It's about relationships. It's about the struggles we go through and the safety of having someone you know, and how incredible it is when you do get through those struggles."
