Video

That same push and pull shapes the video, directed, filmed, edited, and photographed by Alice Teeple. “The concept was ‘What about a bunch of friends doing karaoke?’” John says. Niabi pushes it further: “But a little Lynchian, inching towards fun/absurd.” Speaking about the early conversations with Teeple, Niabi recalls: “When I was talking with Alice, who shot our music video, her initial thoughts on the concept were, I think, intrigued. She was like, ‘This is so fun and unusual and kind of goofy,’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, why zig when you can zag?’”

That instinct to zag gives the clip its charm. “And I think that’s what makes this music video different,” Niabi continues. “Here we were embracing quirk, fun, joy and grief, sharing with immediacy this moment in time. We are riding the line crossing over into that dark place where you don’t want to go but because you are emotionally so down, you do, and it’s really hard to explain how dark it is, but you are still trying to carry on.” That may be the most precise description of “Old Moons” possible: a song and video poised between emotional collapse and collective release, where silliness becomes survival and performance becomes a way of keeping despair from swallowing the room whole. – Alex Baker, Post-Punk.com

“…This Teeple-directed video elevates that in the most mesmerizing fashion. It looks and reads as vintage and nostalgic in its French-American direction, but finds a home in heart. Heart, love, adoration, and soulfulness is resounding at all times and in every era. A stylishly black-and-white, dimly lit, empty Central Park located mini movie opens the flood gates of emotion that eighties-era, new wave-tinged love songs (and their MTV counterparts) once did. Impressive, harmonious, and resonating, “Down Below Or Up Above” is a whole package that sets a flowing stage for what’s to come with Violent Delights.” – Aquarian Weekly

Sporting eye makeup that seems to emphasize her inner turmoil, Teeple teeters between madness and frustration as she goes through various home testing and remedies. “I made everything more exaggerated. I wanted it to look like Louise Brooks or one of those old silent stars, and for it to feel overly theatrical. On the surface it would appear to be a very modern problem, but it’s really not. It’s cyclical. It could be post-pandemic 100 years ago or last week. It’s about karmic mistakes… here we go again, we’ve been through this before.” – Music Crowns