Sharon Van Etten - “Taking Chances“ (Official Video)

Sharon Van Etten, ’Are We There’ out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar. iTunes: // Amazon: SCD/Jag bundle: // Indies: Director, Editor & DP: Michael Palmieri SVE contacted me a few months back to see if I’d like to come up with some ideas for “Taking Chances“, her first single off the new record. When I first heard the song the lyrics immediately made me think about the opening sequence to the great Agnes Varda film “Cleo from 5 to 7“, one of my favorites. I usually mull over ideas for days or weeks before coming up with anything decent to share with an artist, but this one just came out immediately. I sent a sketch of the idea onto Sharon and Zeke Hutchins, her manager, then I didn’t hear back from them for over a week, at which point I thought, well, damn, they must hate the