East coast cosmic Americana rockers, The Royal Arctic Institute, has just released a dreamy music video for their track, “The Opener,” from their excellent new self-titled LP on Centripetal Force.

The video, of which is a meditatively minimalist DIY affair, greatly emphasizes the song’s relaxing, glimmering qualities. Closeup shots of raindrops producing hypnotic rings of small ripples echo the song’s reverberating pedal steel, crashing gong-like cymbals and trickling synthesizers.

Director John Newcomer had this to say about the making of the video, “Royal Arctic’s music always had a shimmery quality to me. Plus, it can be tough to shoot around rain when it simply won’t stop – so I decided to join those two ideas together.”

Check it out:

If you enjoyed this video, then you absolutely need to hear the rest of this album. Click here to get your copy on vinyl, CD or digital today.

If you’re in the NJ/NYC area and want to catch Royal Arctic Institute in action, you will not want to miss our Garden Party. Come down to 51 Burnside Ave, Cranford, NJ on the 28th at 2PM, and watch as RAI combines forces with Seawind of Battery for the first time ever for a unique improvised jam session. It’ll be one for the books, folks. Send $20 to our Venmo account (@RecordCratesUnited) for a ticket, and we’ll see you there!

-KH