Aesop Rock’s tall tale “Long-Legged Larry” gets the stop-motion treatment
New video by Rob Shaw animates the rapper’s latest collaboration with artist Jeremy Fish.
Aesop Rock’s new one-off single about the heroics of a legendary frog marks the first time I’ve gone to my 11-year old and said “Hey, check this out”* and this video will likely mark the first time I describe anything on this blog as cute. Here’s a cute video about a frog with a beard that will probably make Aesop Rock extremely popular with 8-year olds.
The track is pretty much classic new Aes: great drums, guitar loops and double-time rapping about regular people stuff (y’know like frogs rescuing princesses).
*When I played new most recent Aesop Rock LP in the car, she said “Dad, it’s too bad he swears so much, he’s really good”.
More new sounds
Abilene (members of Regulator Watts, June of 44, Just A Fire and Bloodiest) quietly dissolved in 2004 but not before opening yet another chapter in their sound with these final songs written with Doug McCombs on bass.