Pure Bathing Culture have shared their new video for “Dream The Dare,” off their recently released full-length debut Moon Tides.  Directed by Hayley Morris (Iron and Wine’s “Joy” video), the visuals are made  of stop-motion animation composed of stylized hand-made paper sculpted puppets and landscapes.  Says Morris, “I wanted to create a highly stylized world, a mix of delicate organic and geometric shapes. The video was created all in camera and animated frame by frame with hand-drawn projected animations.”  The pervasive image in the video is that of a raven, which in some cultures is seen as the mediator between life and after-life, a traveler between worlds. Others see the raven as a trickster, a messenger, or even the creator of the world.  “Dream The Dare” employs this loaded character as a muse.  Morris explains: “I wanted these projections to further the life of the world, and to leave the viewer wondering whether the hypnotic patterns are of this world or how the Raven sees it.”

*= w/ Widowspeak