With Ward Swingle gone from the SATB earth and Tim Hauser transferring no more 'cross Manhattan, the timing couldn't be any more right for Roomful of Teeth to become our starriest vocal band.
Fresh off one of the most exciting drones at the Met's Temple of Dendur since, well, Interpol's record release party, the GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance) with that youngest-ever Pulitzer recipient (Caroline Shaw) on one of the best labels in the new music biz (New Amsterdam) hasn't yet made a music vid proper.
Until now, of course.
Sure, Classicalites will have seen RoT before, albeit somewhat ad hoc, at The Strand's Rare Book Room for but a bit of David Lang.
But the full video below for Teeth alum William Brittelle's "High Done No Why To"--produced in conjunction with Cincinnati's expertly curated Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts--is quite the visual achievement. Alternating between in-studio, black-and-white footage and a technicolor-ed New York City moto perpetuo, director David Donnelly and producer/Constella founder Tatiana Berman exquisitely capture both persons and place.
Have a look, and listen, for yourselves...
Even better, there's more still to come from Constella 2015.
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