VIDEO: "Lady Black" by Sons of the Sea

Brandon Boyd's solo ventures don't quite compare to those of Brandon Flowers or Noel Gallagher, but I'm digging the cinematography in his new video for the latest single from his second band's eponymous debut, Sons of the Sea. Black-and-white desert scenes depict Boyd wandering aimlessly, napping while standing in the sun, and seeing pools of water where there probably aren't any. Oh, and the naked gothic-Egyptian women. (He's probably dreaming about those, too.) "Lady Black" is perfume-ad hot and, sarcasm aside, totally watchable. As for the track itself, it's a definitive throwback to the mid-2000s Incubus sound.

A human experience, through audio.

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