The Builders and the Butchers - God Help Us (Official Music Video)

"God Help Us" from The Builders and the Butchers new album Hell & High Water (Badman Recording Co.). badmanrecordingco.com thebuildersandthebutchers.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/5DdnQUeG1F7...



Director Joe Bowden on "God Help Us" AKA "Planet #5"
"I had made a couple of videos with The Builders and the Butchers in the past so when they asked me if I had any video ideas for their new record, I went over to drummer/keyboardist Ray Rude’s house and pitched him and Ryan on some ideas- all of which they were lukewarm on. Eventually I mentioned a sci-fi episodic I had been working on comprised of simple stories that take place on one or more strange planets.
I originally intended to release these in a short series, more or less as a writing exercise and proof of concept for a larger sci-fi project i'd been working on. My first idea, called "Planet #5", featured a dog that needed to retrieve a MacGuffin in order to save its companion who had helplessly collapsed on a dangerous shoreline. The band loved the script as well as the idea of doing something sort of off-brand for them that intersected with narrative film, so they greenlit it. I found an amazing puppet maker and production designer from Portland, Clifton Chandler, who designed, fabricated, and puppeted the incredible creatures and the script was supported by Portland’s Desert Island Studios. The result is what you see here. Look out for the next installment of the series in whatever form it happens to take."

CAST:
Tanuki
Ashley Song
Clifton Chandler

Produced by Andi Hummel and Desert Island Studios