A pre-weekend glimpse of some more imagery from James Hankins' 41 minute pop video for 'The Hermit', screening across the country in the run-up to the release of 'The Ruby Cord' album on Nov 19. Some more words about the film below. Second Bristol screening added @cubemicroplex on Nov 14 due to popular demand! Tickets (screening only + album bundles) via @roughtradebristol Also Liverpool tickets @fact_liverpool on Nov 15 now onsale via @ceremony_concerts "The Hermit' is an epic, gently disorienting pop video treatment of Richard Dawson's 41-minute track of the same name. Jumping off from the song's main lyrical conceit – a vivid alternate universe as experienced by someone waking in the forest of a constructed video game domain – disparate characters played by non-actors appear in situations by turns mundane, educational, industrial and fantastical, the lines between realities virtual and actual wilfully blurred. Dawson plays the loner protagonist, observing on the margins. Is this the past, or a near-future resembling mythic Albion? What happens if there’s a glitch in the virtual world, turning a pastoral scene into one of dread? Are we witnessing the last day on earth, or just an unsettlingly close simulation?"