The Fat Angel Sings

When the members of the popular Denver indie-pop outfit Wildermiss shot the video for “Paralyzed” earlier this summer, they called on their friends to take photos of themselves around downtown Denver.

But members also approached strangers on the street, and the video soon had a Spanish flight attendant and people visiting from Japan taking part. “It was cool to communicate with them just through trying to get their photo and tell them what it was for without really talking to them,” says vocalist Emma Cole. “It was really cool meeting all these people and kind of hearing a smidgen of their story, but also just catching them at that moment in Denver for a video.”

It’s not the first time Wildermiss has taken to the streets of Denver for a shoot. In the video for “Carry Your Heart,” the four lugged an old couch from location to location.

Thematically, the video ties into a lyric in the song, “Just another look in your eyes and I’m paralyzed.” The imagery comprises a series of black-and-white photographs that have been stitched together and give the appearance that the subjects are sitting still while the background shifts behind them. In a way, the subjects appear frozen in time, or perhaps paralyzed, because of the effect.

“We just thought it would be a fun way to present the lyric video,” guitarist Seth Beamer says. “Our goal was to get as many pairs of eyes as possible.”

“Paralyzed” from the new EP “In My Mind” out everywhere 11.01.2019