This Town
Channel: cabinoflove
Date: 26/07/2013

Dedicated to our friend Kristen, who heard this song live and requested it to be our next videosong. Kristen blogs at http://www.cheeryhillcottage.wordpress.com, one of the best places to see our prairie hometown chronicled in all its gently disarming beauty.

This is the last song we recorded in our house in Minnesota before we moved to Colorado. It is not a rant against our hometown; it's about knowing when it's time to go, leaving home and comfort and security for adventure and the unknown when the mountains move you, leaving the Shire for the road. Julia discusses it more in this blog post: http://juliabloom.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/this-town/

Featured in the video are photos taken by Nathan as we've settled in to our new home over the past few months, as well as older photos he took in our hometown. We recorded the audio with just the two microphones you see in the film, rather than multi-tracking. We set up the mirror so that both our faces and at least some part of each instrument (piano and mandolin) are visible. 

The painting partially visible above the piano is by our brother Micah Bloom! (http://www.micahbloom.com)