Ben Levin - The Light Is On You Return - Album Movie

This album is about the people we miss.
I felt that the first 7 songs from the album worked great as a story so I made them into this short film.

Credits:
@JusticeCow - Vocals
Bradford Krieger - Drums
Ben Levin - Everything else

Produced and Mixed by Bradford Krieger
Mix assist by Johanna Baumann
Mastered by Randy Roos at Squam Sound

[mr.person]

This feels like the culmination of your more experimental post-Jelly Mound music and I absolutely love every second of it. Hash yet beautiful, experimental yet catchy, abstract and profound. Thank you Ben for all of your incredible music, I can't wait to hear what comes next

[alexanderkonczal]

the production on this album is next-next-next-next level. insane.

[avedic]

This was incredible. Probably my favorite of these album movies you've made yet.
I've seen them all....and when this one started, the first song, I was like....ok, I think I get what the vibe is. Seems fine. But then, over the next 27 minutes, it was one mind blowing musical idea after another. The first song tricked me into thinking I knew what to expect. Ha! I'll never make that mistake again lol. Your creative perspective is fascinating to me Ben. I'm so glad you're in a creatively fertile period....I find you and your approach to art incredibly inspiring.

[tobyeatsworms]

It is my biggest dream to one day make something that makes people feel the way this made me feel. Thank you, Ben.

[brakedownbutterfly]

I absolutely adore how these music videos really lean into the artifatcs of their medium. Most notably, how sections appear to be rendered at a deliberately low sample count to ramp up the "splotchiness" of denoising. Such a brilliantly creative use of limitations.

[sora]

I don’t usually comment, but I wanted to say thank you for this. You are probably one of the musicians that most inspire me. I'm always amazed by your creativity.

[enricopersia]

You did it again Ben, what a wonderful beginning of 2024 music! Thank you, thank you, thank you

[thatbeet]

I can’t believe it’s possible to churn out such beautiful work with such frequency.

You are a true inspiration, Ben!

[theredstash]

JUST came up on some new headphones, was lookin for something to test em out, this was such a treat, some bananas production

[syhr_samoht]

Ben and Jess' art means so much to me! Thank you for being you XXX

[avedic]

"My Time" sounds SO like a The 1975 song! I love it. :)

[Indolentron]

Gah damn, this is all fantastic, and Ticks in particular is just so incredibly up my alley, experimental and novel in a way that is still digestible, I can imagine there are tons more people out there who would appreciate how special this is and I hope they manage to find it

[TheNickLeez]

Wonderful album, Wonderful movie! I can't wait for the video game.

[jackturpitt]

Hey Ben, just wanted to say that the visuals for this bad boy were STUNNING. I’m consistently blown away by how quickly you improved your craft in that space and how effectively you were able to translate that into creating deeply moving art. Thanks for making this ☺️

[BeaJumpup]

some of the most incredible visuals i have ever seen

[kit_orion]

For me this is a raw and beautiful representation of examining liminal space sonically, lyrically and visually. Well done. A good companion for my insomnia. Thanks for making art, Ben!

[bagelofthefuture]

I was listening to the album late last night, and I was thinking the entire time about how a music video for any of the songs would be amazing.
Well, what a fantastic thing to wake up to. Constantly inspiring, Ben.

[multi.instrumentalist]

I am overwhelmed. Your music and your animation is incredible. I feel like I'll start to have more specific thoughts after I've watched a few more times.

[dopaminecloud]

Your music videos are pretty much always of the variety that significantly adds to the music they're accompanying. It feels a little bit emptier to listen to the songs normally after seeing something like this. Could be shown at a festival or something.

[Topcatyo.]

Your lyrics have a really lovely poetry to them without feeling very opaque. It's something I wish I was able to accomplish with my music, but I struggle when it comes to lyric-writing.
Great music, wild video, the amount of effort that went into the visuals boggles my mind