Sun Araw-”Deep Cover”- Live at The Smell- 5/13/2010 from Samantha Cornwell on Vimeo.

Last week, we posted a video I shot at The Smell of Sun Araw performing a live version of “Canopy.” The video that you see here today comes from the same show. I must confess that when they kicked off their set with this rendition of “Deep Cover,” I wasn’t able to immediately identify the song — despite having watched the Cameron Stallones-directed music video several times, and having listened to the album version rather regularly. I think the emphasis on the hypnotic organ track in this live version places it in a different realm from the version we hear on record. Still, the visual cue of the triangular garlands — which are feature prominently in the official music video — let us know that we’re still in the same universe.
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