There’s much bloodshed, decapitating, stabbing, death-by-arrows, and lost limbs in the animated video for Los Angeles spaz-pop band the Mae Shi’s longstanding HLLLYH staple “The Lamb And The Lion,” but the most dramatic passage to death occurs with the slow drift of one dude’s face down a spear. (Sounds dirty, but it’s not.) The clip was directed by Natalia Stuyk. The battle fought by an army riding elephants and an army riding lions. I won’t give away who wins, but the changing of the guard brings fertility back to the land, so it can’t be all that bad.


(Via P4k.tv)

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HLLLYH is out via Team Shi/Moshi Moshi.

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Comments (7)
  1. Hutch  |   Posted on May 8th, 2009

    Decent video, but I love the song. Probably most underrated album of last year.

  2. Another wonderfully giddy song from The Mae Shi. I so want a lion pony!

  3. i love this video, more than the song.

  4. I like both the song and the video, this is rare for me. Going to have to pay more attention to these guys.

  5. Awesome animation. I think the song isn’t bad but I really liked the video.

  6. RYan  |   Posted on May 11th, 2009

    wahndaful!

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