Answer To Everything
Director of the post-apocalyptic drama “The Road” John Hillcoat had filmed a video on UNKLE’s song “The Answer”, thus creating another interesting shatter within the music video world. It’s currently available on the band’s website and YouTube. The main character of Hillcoat’s video is Ray Winstone (well known for his roles in “The Departed”, “Beowulf”, “Sexy Beast”) who is actually portraying the real story which happened to him a few decades ago. When Ray was seventeen he was hit by the lightning, and thereafter his life was never the same, according to him, one thing ended and another began. It sounds as a pretty cool story to show in the video. “The Answer” is incorporated into “Where Did the Night Fall”, the latest album released by UNKLE in May, 2010. John Hillcoat is famous for his video making, previously he had co-operated with Depeche Mode, Therapy?, Pacebo and Nick Cave. The unusual sounds produced by UNKLE hit the right nerve; it surely infects viewers with that special mood so important in order to propagate the nature of music. Downtempo, trip rock and electronica genres in which they operate are quite progressive and solid, therefore the lightning theme is matching it all the way through. UNKLE is also well known for it’s joint work with such groups as Queens of the Stone Age, Oasis, Massive Attack and Radiohead.