Hooves on the Turf

secret garden video series July 14, 2009

Motel Motel's super secret garden in Staten Island

The day before filming, Timo Sullivan from Motel Motel told me that the Staten Island beach he wanted to takes us to was the same distance as Coney Island. That was entirely untrue. It was a while to get there. But it was the most fun we’ve ever had making a Secret Garden video, and his super secret spot was so worth the trip that I made sure he dropped a pin on my google map before we parted. To this day I only know it by this pin as the Motel Motel beach.

(Photo by Sahara; colored by Sarahana)

Included in the video are stripped-down versions of four songs: “Harlem”, “Cowboy”, “Forest” and “Coffee”. My only regret is that drummer Jeremy Duvall, owing to a day job, was absent.

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{ 4 responses }

• sahara:
  July 14th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

  this video is super awesome. so is motel motel and all of their songs. i love Forest <3
  

• jon:
  July 15th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

  this is really beautiful.

• pushermanpoet:
  July 16th, 2009 at 10:36 pm

  Beautifully indeed. This is perfectly perfect. Songs 10/10 and the video itself is really exceptional.

• Kyle H:
  September 30th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

  Fantastic!

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