Directed by Ellis Bahl and starring actors Jonathan Dwyer, Jessica DiGiovanni, and Eleanore Pienta, it is the band's first official music video. Writing for the song started when Joe Newman read a warning label on an aerosol can which said the can "may contain traces of something that may be flammable", to which Newman translated into the repeated leitmotif of "she may contain the urge to run away" Music video Ī music video was created to accompany the release of the song. The song is about a man who's in love with a partner that wishes to leave him, and in response, the man resorts to violent outbursts and threats to force the two to remain together, with implications that the ending lyrics of "please don't go, I'll eat you whole, I love you so" is supposed to mean said partner is murdered, as per the cannibalism metaphor from Where the Wild Things Are.
Sendak's words are "Oh, please don't go - we'll eat you up - we love you so!". Breezeblocks' lyrics are "Please don't go, I'll eat you whole / I love you so". Newman sings, "Do you know where the wild things go?" In addition, the repeated refrain at the end of the song is a modified version of a portion of the book. The song contains multiple references to the children's book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. alt-j stated in an interview that Breezeblocks, as well as the rest of the album An Awesome Wave, was related to the idea of the children's book, Where the Wild Things Are. The sinister love song is about liking someone that you want so much to love you that you want to hurt yourself and them. Newman (vocalist) and Sainsbury (guitarist) started recording their songs on Garage Band and were soon joined by Unger-Hamilton and Green. The band was formed at Leeds University in 2007.
It reached the top ten in the UK Indie and US Alternative charts, and was voted into third place in Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2012, behind " Thrift Shop" and " Little Talks". The song was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwil Sainsbury, Thom Green and produced by Charlie Andrew. The song was released on as the album's second single.
" Breezeblocks" is a song by British indie rock band alt-J from their debut studio album An Awesome Wave (2012).
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