Tim Husmann, a Texas-based electronic indie artist, presents 1st Base Runner, an immersive new project, as vignettes of a hazy dreamland with emerging, throbbing mantras and irresistible breathy voices. The itch forced the Austin-based synth symphonist to come back to the scene after a seven-year absence, and he will be releasing his debut album Seven Years of Silence. Each song is precisely produced, fusing trip hop, gothic pop, and avant-garde post-rock to produce a light, ethereal universe of its own. Infectious vocal melodies and lyrics about the various frictions of human existence may be heard throughout the surrealism soundscapes.
The legendary film director Matt Mahurin (Tom Waits, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden) and 1st Base Runner collaborated to create two immersive origin story music videos, “Break Even” (an official selection for the 2022 Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival) and “Only One,” in support of the debut EP Seven Years of Silence.
Now, 1st Base Runner has released two grand and captivating music videos for “Man Overboard,” which was released on December 17 (directed by Heather Gildroy), and “Near Me,” which was released on January 28 (directed by Ellis Bahl and Johnny Chew). These videos were produced under the direction of long-time Radiohead creative director Dilly Gent, and the Ellis EP includes both songs.
The most fantastical, hallucinogenic, dreamlike, and perilous aspects of 1st Base Runner’s inner world are captured in the song “Near Me.” This avant-garde music video masterfully combines the aesthetics of Bates Motel and Alice in Wonderland to unsettling effect, and is filled with delirious symbolism and terrifying archetypes.
Listen to 1st Base Runner – Near Me on our YouTube link below
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