Our friends Webelos (as heard on Ball of Wax volumes 10, 18, and 21) have a new record coming out. You can listen to it here, then head to the Sunset on February 27th to celebrate its release. I’m sure I’ll be writing a proper review of the album at some point in the near future, but for now I wanted to share this lovely (and ever-so-slightly, incredibly tastefully NSFW) video for their song “Hansel and Gretel,” which was premiered on Ball of Wax 21 and is on the new album.
I love that in this age of super-duper-high-tech everything, stop-motion animation is making a comeback. Sure, it’s mostly via digital media rather than film, but who cares? The results are as herky-jerkily charming and often hilarious, at least in the hands of Webelos’ Jim Smith, as any piece animated in-camera on a Bolex. Please take (less than) 3 minutes to enjoy this “psychosexual drama featuring a bewildered Hansel and Gretel battling finger puppets, fish heads, and a swarm of blood thirsty ants.”
Love it!