BSL is again displaying a ‘captivating & gravitating’ noise rock elegance alongside their signature shoegaze/dream pop music lights. In closing, the video for me is a stunning visual rendition of a person coming to the acceptance that a new beginning could be at the end of the very distant but yet then gaining light throughout for reaching towards in the reality of an afterlife existence and I gather from the setting it has been perceived from a prisoner’s perspective within the physical building walls as well as his own mindset walls that steer only forth again to the prospering light force ahead. Exhilarating song and video, BSL ‘champions’ again! FORKSTER RATING: 10 out of 10!

I recently caught up with Jack and asked him, “Why did you pick THE PRISONER for being the 1st video off of your upcoming new BSL November album release and what was the entire visual thinking behind THE PRISONER?”

“That’s a tough question. Everybody wants a single, but I don’t write albums that have a single. I’ll write twenty tracks and pick the top thirteen that I want to listen to over and over again. They all need to stimulate me and the listeners in the world. I hate albums that have one or two solid tracks and the rest are shit. I believe our last six albums have accomplished that – where every song could potentially be a single on the album. Some of the songs that get cut sometimes get a second chance on future albums and right now we have enough cuts to produce a b-side album in the future. I selected The Prisoner to release first because it delineates the entire idea of Vita Eterna (eternal life). As the years go by, you start wishing for eternal life and for the physical and mental pain to stop in your present day life. There is a great deal of private meaning for me, emphasizing being trapped and scared like a prisoner at times (metaphorically speaking). It also showcases several other great artists we got involved in the project including Dave Fielding (Chameleons UK), Krissy Vanderwoude (Whimsical), Lauren Fay (The Swansons) and Jason Monseur (Black Swan Lane). I also wanted to release a track, before the official release date, that most would identify with musically who may not have heard our last seven albums. The video is meant to be simple unlike others we have done. Walking as a prisoner, very slowly, down the prison corridor until you almost reach the light at the end.  -Timothy John Forker, forksterocks.net

 

 

 

~WATCH HERE NOW~ The World Premiere Video “The Prisoner” by BLACK SWAN LANE

THE PRISONER – OFFICIAL BLACK SWAN LANE VIDEO