Lavender Diamond - ＂Open Your Heart＂

What this video is

Released in April 2007 on Rough Trade Records in Europe and Matador Records in the US, 'Open Your Heart' arrived at the height of the freak-folk and chamber-pop boom that had been catalyzed by artists like Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, and Sufjan Stevens. Lavender Diamond, fronted by Becky Stark, embodied the New Weird America ethos: handmade aesthetics, spiritual optimism, and an orchestral folk sound that…

Why it matters

As the lead single from Lavender Diamond's debut full-length Imagine Our Love, 'Open Your Heart' is a key artifact of the chamber-folk and freak-folk movement's commercial peak on independent labels. Its orchestral arrangement (featuring strings, French horn, and layered vocals credited to Becky…

The director

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriter and music video director. She began her career in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s, released her debut album OnlySee in Australia in 1997,…