Every time Thundercat rolls out a new video, it always seems like the most Thundercattiest thing he could do. It seems entirely possible for Steven Bruner to end up victorious in a duel with the prize being the use of his continued limbs to hawk katanas on a shopping network. No, that sentence doesn’t make sense, all up until it does, just like Thundercat. Check out the video for “Them Changes” off the new EP, The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada all about indulging its subject and including off the wall symbolism about heartbreak after the jump.
‘Them Changes’
Written and Produced by S. Bruner / S. Ellison
Bass, Vocal – S. Bruner
Keyboards, Programming – S. Ellison
Saxophone – Kamasi Washington
Piano – Dennis Hamm
Cast (in order of appearance):
Delane Vaugh, Iñigo Abaroa, Thundercat, Victoria Johnson, Krista Gay, Londyn Maze, Cristian Vera
Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada
Produced by Zach Wechter
EP: Danielle Hinde for Doomsday Entertainment
Director of Photography: Nicholas Wiesnet
Production Designer: Tyler Jensen
Editor: Ernie Gilbert and Carlos Lopez Estrada
VFX: Tanner Merrill, Cameron Clark, Tim Hendrix, The Jordan Freda Company
Additional Photography: Eric Ulbrich
Wardrobe: Jordy Scheinberg
Samurai Stunts: Damien Bray and Caitlyn Dechelle
Production Manager: Alissa Torvinen
Production Supervisor: Kelli Kay
And this seems like the perfect time to mention that Thundercat is heading on tour through North America next month (with a date in San Antonio in late September that I’m personally looking forward to). If the bass god is heading your way, make sure that you attend.
Aug 01 – 02 Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Festival @ Pendarvis Farm
Aug 06 Washington, DC – Afropunk Pre-Party @ The Howard Theatre
Aug 08 Los Angeles, CA – Low End Theory Festival @ Shrine Expo Hall
Aug 23 Brooklyn, NY – Afropunk Festival @ Commodore Barry Park
Sep 17 San Diego, CA – Cabsah
Sep 18 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
Sep 19 Albuquerque, NM – Historic El Rey Theatre
Sep 20 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Sep 22 Tulsa, OK – Vanguard
Sep 23 Austin, TX – Holy Mountain
Sep 24 Houston, TX – Studio at Warehouse Live
Sep 25 San Antonio, TX – Alamo City Club
Sep 26 Denton, TX – Oaktopia
Sep 27 Toronto, ON – The Hoxton
Sep 29 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
Sep 30 Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
Oct 01 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Oct 03 Atlanta, GA – Afropunk Festival @ Atlanta’s Central Park
Oct 04 Vancouver, BC – The Alexander
Oct 06 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Oct 07 Portland, OR – Star Theatre
Oct 08 Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre
Oct 09 San Francisco, CA – 1015 Folsom
Oct 10 Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam is available now on iTunes and NinjaTune.
Nextbop Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dean-Harris hosts the modern jazz radio show, The Line-Up, Fridays at 9pm CST on 91.7 FM KRTU San Antonio and is also a contributing writer to DownBeat Magazine and the San Antonio Current.
