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Matt and Tom Berninger Talk (Rather Disastrously) About Their Creative Process

Upon the release of "Careless," the brothers filmed an exclusive video interview about EL VY's visuals.

11:00 AM EDT on August 9, 2016

In exchange for living in my garage for a year, I asked my brother Tom to make videos for every EL VY song as a form of creative rent. He managed to finish nine of the eleven songs. The other two ["Sad Case"/"Happiness, Missouri"] he outsourced to the brilliant Kelly Lyon. Tom gave a presentation to a small group in L.A. explaining his “thinking" and process. Here are the lowlights from that presentation and all the videos. You’re welcome.

The Presentation

The Videos

The Video for "Careless"

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