Watch: Bon Iver release new video for 'Beth/Rest'
Band follow break-up rumours with video featuring onesies, egg collecting and hot air balloons...
- Kai Fish quit Mystery Jets: Also opting for family life over time on the road, Kai Fish called time on his days as a Mystery Jet to spend more time with his daughter Odessa. In an interview with NME, the bassist said: "It was probably the hardest thing I've ever done. I sat down with the guys and said, 'I'm finding being in the band really hard, but I'll try my best to carry on.' And I did, but feelings just don't go away."
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Bon Iver have revealed the video for track 'Beth/Rest' and you can watch it below. It's nothing short of surreal - not that we'd expect anything less from them, of course. Watch the video below.
The band appear briefly in the clip, clad in light-up onesies and clutching plastic instruments.
However, the video focuses mostly on a pair of lovers - we're not sure if they're angels or something more mystical, but they definitely have some sort of heavenly glow about them.
The duo float around in hot air balloons and collect eggs, before retiring to their treehouse above a village. The clip ends with the word 'Axiom', which is defined as "a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true."
Bon Iver: making the wise decision not to wear the onesies on stage.
The video for 'Beth/Rest' comes nearly a year and a half after the 'Bon Iver, Bon Iver' album was released, lending credence to Justin Vernon's claims that the band could soon be over.
Just last month, Vernon told Minnesota Public Radio station 89.3 The Current's Local Show: "There’s so much attention on the band, it can be distracting at times. I really feel the need to walk away from it while I still care about it.
"And then if I come back to it – if at all – I'll feel better about it and be renewed or something to do that."
It would be a disappointing decision if Vernon does decide to end Bon Iver. The band's 'Bon Iver, Bon Iver' album won Best Alternative Album at the 2012 Grammy Awards this year, with the band also taking home the award for Best New Artist.
Watch the video for 'Beth/Rest' below:
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