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Not for the squeamish – Kris Moyes' surreal new video for Grizzly Bear

Date
31 January 2013

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If you’ve got a weak stomach (especially when it comes to anything medical related) then by all means give this video a go, but I can’t promise it won’t make you flinch. Hanging out in a dreamy meadow by a river, Grizzly Bear lay in the grass whilst stoically performing basic medical tests on one another. Blood tests, ear candles, skin samples and hair tweaking are all shown in twitching, gif form in this beautiful, Dali-esque video by the super-talented Kris Moye.

Kris’ interpretation of Gun-Shy, one of the cheerier songs on Grizzly Bear’s most recent album, is a perfect response for one of the most notoriously intelligent and thought-provoking bands around. On that note, check out his video for Wolfmother, where Kris defaced a video of them playing live with a Sharpie. With a back catalogue such as Kris has, we can’t wait to see whose music he transforms with his trippy visuals next.

A close-up of a person holding a contact lens up to their eye. Their eye is bloodshot with a vertical, cat-like pupil.
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Kris Moyes: Gun shy, Grizzly Bear

A person holds a clear glass slide containing four small vials of reddish-brown liquid. Text on the slide includes the words “CRYSTAL” and “Improved Neubauer”.
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Kris Moyes: Gun shy, Grizzly Bear

A person uses a pair of tweezers to carefully arrange strands of hair. A perforated metal tool rests across the hair beneath the tweezers.
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Kris Moyes: Gun shy, Grizzly Bear

A person pours a red liquid from a test tube into a glass beaker. Inside the beaker, a pale, organic shape floats in clear fluid atop a magnetic stirrer.
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Kris Moyes: Gun shy, Grizzly Bear

A person leaps through the air over a rocky shoreline. They wear a light-coloured shirt and trousers, with their body stretched out horizontally above the water.
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Kris Moyes: Gun shy, Grizzly Bear

A person looks upwards with a pensive expression, their hand resting near their collar. They wear a light blue collared shirt against a blurred background of green foliage.
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Kris Moyes: Gun shy, Grizzly Bear

A person’s arm and hand rest on a bed of green grass and clover. A simple black line tattoo is visible on their forearm.
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Kris Moyes: Gun shy, Grizzly Bear

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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