“Handmade never has perfect lines; unevenness and roughness are everywhere. Ewan loves imperfections because we ourselves are made from those, and the world we live in is filled with them.” That’s producer Chika Yamaguchi on Yu “Ewan” Morita’s new official video for Andrew Bird. In this case, Morita’s fuzzy edges line pieces of felt, stop-motion animated to travel the twee inner-workings and surrounding universe of the man behind Break It Yourself cut “Eyeoneye.” We’ve seen a live version in the Mississippi River-side barn where Bird made the record, but combine that clip with this arts-and-crafts angle and the heart of the tune is nearly impossible to miss. “Wear it inside out” above.
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