Radical Face - Holy Branches (Official Video)

So I gathered family and friends again to make another video. My friend Brian Guiry was kind enough to let us dismantle his house for a second time to shoot the bulk of it, and the outdoor shots were filmed at the end of some trails here in Jacksonville. We only had a week to do everything, including the costumes and set design. I owe a lot of people after all the favors I pulled in for this one. It was a lot of sleepless nights in a row. Thanks again, all you who helped.
Radical Face - Holy Branches (Official Video)
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This song follows Stone, later in life, living alone and just working to pass the time. When Stone saw his brother Severus die (which was only possible because of the link they shared as twins), Severus was interrupted in his passing on to the next world. He has since lived on in Stone's head as a second voice. Stone, thirty years later, still suffers from survivor's guilt. He feels that Severus should have carried on, that life was wasted on him. This obsession keeps Severus trapped in his head and unable to move on.
Video Explanation: Severus can no longer reach Stone while he is awake. Stone's guilt is a wall that Severus can no longer move past. The video follows Stone as he sleepwalks through the house, led by ghost-like figures that are the embodiment of the memories that haunt him. Severus uses Stone's sleepwalking body to collect any reminders of Severus still within their old house -- especially the pocket knife and the diary. The black liquid that he cuts from his hand represents his guilt, and the video ends with Stone burying all these things under their family tree, which is covered in photos and trinkets of all their relatives.
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Holy Branches
When you were young
you'd bite your tongue
calm, always did what you were told
never ran your mouth
lived life on tiptoes
only felt peace if by yourself
where mistakes don't count
there's a hole in your chest
from the time that you was born
one that don't get filled
Cause you've always known
you're nothing they want
but everybody's bones are just holy branches
cast from trees to cut patterns in the world
and in time we find some shelter,
spill our leaves, and then sleep in the earth
and when there we'll belong
'cause the earth don't give a damn if you're lost
and now I live alone
work in the belly of machines
wring my soot black hands
and I don't sleep much
days don't feel different from the nights
with no goals in mind
there's a hole in my chest
from the time the time I walked away
one I fill with sweat
'cause now I know
I'm nothing they want
but everybody's bones are just holy branches
we ride the breeze to cut patterns in the earth
and in time we find some shelter,
spill our seeds and then wait for our turn
but for now we're adrift on the winds of discontent
trying to carve our place
all in hopes we'll be something they want
but I ain't holding my breath
trace your fingers down my spine
make your home behind my eyes
line my skull with harmless lies
I'll bide my time until I'm something they want
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More than 8 years ago, Ben Cooper AKA Radical Face, started crafting the story of a fictitious, and sometimes otherworldly, 19th century family. In 2011, he brought those characters to life in The Family Tree: The Roots, which was the first installment of a three-part, stand-alone album series based around the Family Tree he created. He recorded alone in the shed behind his mom's house in Jacksonville, Florida.
Radical Face will release the second installment to the series, The Family Tree: The Branches on October 22. Certain instrumentations and melodies that represent a "family member" will reappear in the second album as a continuation of the story or descendent. Just as The Family Tree: The Roots was limited to instruments that would have been accessible during that era of the story, The Family Tree: The Branches will progress in production by including instruments that would have become available in the next era of the story set from 1860-1910.

[@12Billiamj12]

Those things remind me of No-Face from Spirited Away

[@jonathanmaxwell6308]

Nathan Jimenez same

[@angeltrainee]

oh boy the holy branches line always sends chills down my spine this is a very nice song

[@thexlozes]

Это очень круто !!!! Просто великолепно !!!

[@touze69]

Да...

[@NatiHerron]

love it!!!

[@marinaclarafotografia]

You're amazing. That's all.

[@randomshit9832]

ah yes, Ben almost lighting the house on fire

[@madhusudandepawat704]

When you were young You'd bite your tongue Calm, always did what you were told Never ran your mouth Lived life on tiptoes Only felt peace if by yourself Where mistakes don't count There's a hole in your chest From the time that you was born One that don't get filled Cause you've always known You're nothing they want But everybody's bones are just holy branches Cast from trees to cut patterns in the world And in time we find some shelter, Spill our leaves, and then sleep in the earth And when there we'll belong 'Cause the earth don't give a damn if you're lost And now I live alone Work in the belly of machines Wring my soot black hands And I don't sleep much Days don't feel different from the nights With no goals in mind There's a hole in my chest From the time the time I walked away One I fill with sweat 'Cause now I know I'm nothing they want But everybody's bones are just holy branches We ride the breeze to cut patterns in the earth And in time we find some shelter, Spill our seeds and then wait for our turn But for now we're adrift on the winds of discontent Trying to carve our place All in hopes we'll be something they want But I ain't holding my breath Trace your fingers down my spine Make your home behind my eyes Line my skull with harmless lies I'll bide my time until I'm something they want

[@twocyclediesel1280]

Thanks!

[@something_spooky]

Ty

[@gustavonogueira6293]

Those lyrics are so meaningful to me. I have generalized anxiety disorder and when he sings "All in hopes we'll be something they want but I ain't holding my breath" I can relate so much because people can't understand why it's so hard for me to get basic everyday stuff done and in time I realized my breath was short because of anxiousness but now I ain't holding my breath anymore.

[@matthewcunningham9027]

I feel so lonely listening to this music. I wish I had a friend who loved this kind of music like I do! Ben Cooper is AMAZING!!!!

[@masaninja31]

Matthew Cunningham I totally get you. We don't know each other but hopefully it's a comfort to know that a complete stranger feels the same.

[@oli19]

Matthew Cunningham Bit frustrating isn't it? I have managed to get a few into it.

[@JakeFTWBlue]

Matthew Cunningham This is quite popular in Denmark atm haha

[@mspunket91]

I'll be your friend Matthew 😆

[@NickandNatty1]

Matthew Cunningham I was JUST SAYING this to myself today!! Ugh, so frustrating!

[@yee_kermit]

My true aesthetic is Radical Face

[@HippieMosquitoQuatro]

I cannot even begin to tell you how much your music means to me...it's just too amazing, keep it up brother.

[@copiquinn9578]

Thank-.you.♥️

[@sahelanthropus4991]

My little brother sent me this. Says this describes us well. I've been listening to this song for more than 10 years now, and I also play guitar so in response in a video call I played this through

[@raineyautumn6149]

Is anyone here from Again but Better because it's Pilots favorite song? I feel like I'm the only one...

[@smileateverystar]

Girl what! Yes! I’m reading it rn and I wanted to check the song out 💛 Great song btw

[@carmenserban2946]

Meeee hi

[@imseti7991]

i've always loved this song and i thought that i was reading a little too much into it with regard to my upbringing and all the baggage it entails. upon learning that i wasn't reading too much into it, i've spent the last hour loudly crying and rewatching this video, to the point where i just have a bath towel here to cry into

[@williamglenn777]

Peace, brother. I’ll happily hold my breath for you.

[@PeachyOmnivore]

What happened to your hand?... its probably best if i dont tell you. (from Always Gold)

[@mariop16]

this deserves more views..

[@RedSoulWolf]

Love the scene at about 3:40. The way the figures and Ben move in unison looks so cool.

[@isaaccheetham5081]

This song is part of the "Severus and Stone" line, right? I read that on one of the forums on his website..

[@adelina5741]

Again, but better

[@johnwrath3612]

Great song and the best video you guys have done to date. The mask people are lo-fi, low budget but still creepy and haunting. Well done. In the past month since first hearing "The Mute" in a Wilco channel on Pandora I've listened to every song, and purchased The Roots, The branches and Ghost albums on itunes. Can't get enough. Lots of songs remind me of a unique mixture of folksy-wilco and deathcab but with more personal lyrics. Keep it up, man. The world needs more real music.

[@happy4sloths]

Here after reading Again, but Better

[@emilylovelis9566]

Those things remind me of No Face from Spirited Away.

[@c.nr.]

It may be two years too late, but I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@gyrrakavian]

Well if that doesn't hit way too close to home, I don't know what does.

[@matthewcunningham9027]

It's SAD how most people will passively listen to this music without being trasformed in some way or just listen to it like they would listen to every other song!

[@annabelbernal7419]

please make clothing merch dude. ive been listening for years and am dying for some way to let people know i fucking love your music. it's incredible. you return me to myself when i fall out of everything, keep on creating.

[@makingstuffup13]

Did they want to terrify everyone who watched this video? Mission accomplished! lol The song is great, but I just can't take those creepy masked people!

[@NoisePuddle]

This album is by far my new favorite and fits perfectly with The Roots

[@something_spooky]

This song is so underrated, I’m glad I found it

[@bradleycooper3190]

Man, in "Welcome Home" you were just a boy and now you became a gorgeous bear!! WOOF!

[@angelluna9599]

Bradley Cooper my thoughts exactly

[@FranciscoLopezCuentosdelasAnim]

Yo lo amo tanto... es mi amor platónico...lo admiro desde hace años...

[@AutumnNotTaken]

"I fucked my toe up"

[@monsmac2625]

please come to mexico :)

[@joshuacox534]

i've always thought of our bones as similar to coral from coral reefs since our blood is already saline. still a great song. makes me think of Treebeard and the Ents!

[@oli19]

Another amazing track that I could easily have missed.

Been listening to the album consecutively since thursday. Awesome stuff. I love that it's a trilogy.

[@MilkVHS]

Eu estive aqui Curta o comentario para me lembrar

[@hm_gt_racing4361]

S

[@nicollecarbonin2631]

i love radical face so much much 😍😩

[@Deschmarquezproducti]

Oh gosh this is terrifying! Such a great song but scary video.

[@chinju5346]

all of the official videos are abit scary me. but the song are really nice !

[@brunintinho1]

come for Brazil pls i love Radical Face

[@icebutterflycoder]

Ахха,я тут після прочитання «Знов те саме,але краще» Крістін Річчіо. Це улюблена пісня Пайлота. Пісня й справді атмосферна й торкається душі. Дякую❤️

[@evelinad3449]

OK that was creepy but I am huge fan of redical face and i love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@imogenhill982]

this song > literally any other song

[@nobodynothing3735]

Ah Memories. Going back through his music videos is a pleasant trip in itself. Then there's his wonderful music on top of that.

[@tazchars8857]

days don't feel different from the nights with no goals in mind describes my life perfectly....

[@TheQuicksilver500]

Is it just me or does the chorus sound a bit like mad world?

[@xxdubbletapxx457]

+crimson dynamo It's just you

[@amyhuang5713]

+crimson dynamo i was about to comment the same thing!

[@robbiecouch9897]

Similar chord progression

[@Safiyahalishah]

I knew I could count on the comments section to help me figure out what I was hearing!

[@millyclifton9819]

This song cuts so deeply, so beautifully. I've listened to it at different stages of my life, decades in between, and it ages like sad beer with the head cast down at the bar. I really love it. Listen number four thousand loading..

[@Hannahejane]

Well that was unexpectedly disturbing. Beautiful beautiful song, wasnt expecting such a scary video!

[@nox6948]

This is REAL music. Enough of all this hip hop and r&b bullshit. Indie Folk should be at the top. Everyone should know Radical Face.

[@483Emma]

this video is absolutely stunning! In my opinion, The Branches is darker than The Roots and it took me a while to take more than fragments of the album in. Just now, I've finally come to appreciate the album as a whole and I find the continuity fascinating. Thank you xx

[@heliosoftworks]

This is one of the best done videos and songs I've seen in a long time. Top notch job, I'll make sure to follow you as an artist :)

[@oli19]

It's gone midnight in the UK and now I'm off to sleep shitting myself from this video. Great track.

[@PhinallyWC08]

Am I the only one feeling a Shins vibe?

[@PhinallyWC08]

+Adol Fitler I didn't mean it as a negative; I love both bands!

[@CultofThings]

It's more about the lyrics

[@CobaltLobo]

3:37 to 3:59 hit me hard. when the demons in your head come and haunt you and you can't fucking sleep or function. you get sucked down a worm hole and the anxiety, negative thoughts and fear surround you

[@millyclifton9819]

One of my favourite songs. Always somewhere in the back of my damn head!

[@KaramellSvensk]

Wow....I like this song. I came across it by accident while searching for Peter Murphy in Cuts You Up.

[@treskent]

this is so grrrrrrreeeeeeeeeatttttttttttttt!!!!! Ben, I love you....xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@PedraamFaridjoo]

Well done! It seems as if you can't do anything wrong! Can't wait for the next video.

[@indocrites]

sounds like boulevard of broken dreams

[@indocrites]

+Steveo Parker it's the same chord progression bitch

[@themeaningis4228]

Looks like an artistic supenaturalscene

[@thanatosgarvey3701]

You’re not famous enough. No other artist is as emotion evoking or honest except Daniel Johnston.

[@milenabertoni6741]

best part 00:00-4:47

[@Blakestefer]

one of the best music videos I've ever seen!

[@TheBodi91]

This music is awesome!

[@oscar0950]

LOVE your music. Thanks!! Keep up the great work. South Florida loves you!!

[@TheFishingGuideGuy]

the voice of an angel

[@Роки-ъ8ы]

3

[@JudeRockBarn]

so underrated

[@U4RICWraith]

Those masked things are terrifying

[@febinjose7802]

wow, beautiful and creepy, but that mask is scary

[@pierres6248]

Génial, j'adore ! Je viens de découvrir et je suis déjà fan !

[@MSsssc]

some of the lyrics in the Info are not correct....

[@framboiselapointe]

i feel bad for people who haven't listened to this band yet

[@NoisePuddle]

Also props on the video! Very well done!

[@samjenkins9346]

Does anyone else think that the cut he makes on his hand may be the same one that is alluded to so much in the video for Always Gold??

[@Rwfc13]

I'm not sure if they're supposed to be the same people. I think in this video he is supposed to be Stone, and his brother Severus has died. According to this family tree of the Northcotes drawn up by one of the fans, the brother and sister from Family Portrait both had children, the sister's children were a girl called Abigail (the girl from The Dead Waltz), Severus, and Stone, and the brother's children were Vergil, Robert and Judah. Robert is the narrator of Always Gold, and I'm assuming Judah is the other guy in that video, seeing as he's the guy in Ghost Towns and the lyrics from that kinda fit in with the brother who comes home in Always Gold. s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_luook8bOi91r0933ro1_1280.jpg.

[@paulcarrion208]

Makes sense good observation

[@claytonluqueescritor]

Parabéns! Como sempre vocês surpreendem positivamente...

[@Ricsemk.]

Wonderful music, one of my favorites of all time 🥰🇧🇷

[@Misskargisize]

Fantastic song. I like your tunes. Keep it up.

[@millyclifton9819]

Painful truth, we bleeding out here

[@Уродливый-я2з]

Не здороваюсь (с) Быть Или

[@caramason56]

Powerful lyrics 😊🎶❤️

[@treskent]

awesome,,, ben, your'e the best,,,xxxxx

[@karimelderbashy4247]

[Verse] When you were young You'd bite your tongue Calm, always did what you were told Never ran your mouth Lived life on tiptoes Only felt peace if by yourself When mistakes don't count [Bridge] There's a hole in your chest From the time that you were born One that don't get filled Cause you've always known you're nothing they want [Chorus] But everybody's bones are just holy branches Cast from trees to cut patterns in the world And in time we find some shelter Spill our leaves and then sleep in the Earth And when we're there we'll belong Cause the Earth don't give a damn if you're lost [Verse] Now I live alone Work in the belly of machines Wring my soot-black hands And I don't sleep much Days don't feel different From the nights With no goals in mind [Bridge] There's a hole in my chest From the time I walked away One I fill with sweat So now I know I'm nothing they want [Chorus] But everybody's bones are just holy branches Ride the breeze to cut patterns in the leaves And in time we find some shelter Spill our seeds and then wait for our turns [Bridge] But for now we're adrift on the waves of discontent Trying to carve our place All in hopes we'll be something they want But I ain't holding my breath [Coda] Trace your fingers down my spine Make your home behind my eyes Line my skull with harmless lies I'll bide my time until I'm something they want

[@陳雅竹-d4k]

This song is lovely 💓

[@LaniBanana]

Ugh.... You are a genious >///< You don't know how much I love you. You make me feel soooo much!! Thank you

[@unnamedmediagroup]

Wow its been a DECADE?!

[@Teona1212]

Wonderful! Thank you.

[@rm8853]

Awesome song. Awesome video. Great job!

[@daniwestt]

Please come to Spain!!

[@ToddDouglasFox]

I’ll keep on going in this stuffed up running for the knowing Knowing that I’m someone that I want Don’t bury me in this one little spot I’ve got the memory of what I am and what I’m not I’ll marry the truth and make myself free And no one will, no, no one will bury me Todd D.

[@timmarkcum]

Great video, great album, great artist...

[@ВиталяМосалыгин]

Oh, this is some creepy! Ilove this song.

[@used87]

why do you never play in florida!!! i need you live in my life haha

[@JakeFTWBlue]

He lives there if i remember correctly.

[@used87]

i know he does which is why i dont understand why i have yet to see him.

[@JakeFTWBlue]

used87 He travels around alot.

[@MAP08732]

His videos are consistently great. I love that they all tell stories. (I also appreciate the explanations and out-takes) I thoroughly enjoy watching them and listening to the music. THANKS!

[@Роки-ъ8ы]

Это круто спасибо

[@DEEYAZ89]

thought this was action Bronson

[@Spanishiwa]

brilliant

[@elfirarubin6180]

start lovin' radical face. my kinda music!

[@sinistra7450]

Such a unique and mind provoking video, I too love it! Great work, Ben!

[@ssrothman]

amazing

[@lucassimoes7691]

Estou viciado nessa música, meu Deus.