Atmosphere - Bigger Pictures (Official Video)

LISTEN/BUY: VINYL/CD/MERCH: SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE: VIDEO CREDITS: Director - Tazbah Rose Chavez Producer - Pete Williams Production Manager - Joey Fitzsimmons PA (Van) - Austin Gold PA (AD/Set) - Cole Ewing Director of Photography - Robert Hunter Editor - Ashley Monti Steadicam - Dae Hyun Kim 1ST AC - Javier Juanillo 2ND AC/DIT - Merina Khan GAFFER - Jose Caldera KEY GRIP - Omar Monrroy COLORIST: Andrew Francis LOCATION - Randy Czajkowski PRODUCTION - Filmtools / Richard Kaufmann CAMERA - AKS / Derrick Cohan G&E - Blackstone / Adam Navarro HMU - Desiree Belone SET TEACHER - Gina Quien TALENT - Robert Bridge as Teen Slug, Cooper Alexander as Kid Slug SONG CREDITS: Created by Atmosphere Produced by Ant Written and performed by Slug Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass & live drums by G Koop Piano, organ & slide guitar by Graham Richards Cutting & scratching by Plain Ole Bill & Ant LYRICS: And when I was one was just the first son To carry the burden I was barely a person My folks were young but committed to keep up their end of the bargain Protect me from harm and grow a garden I was loved I was fed might sleep through the night I was taught how to talk and how to read you from left to right I learned to argue and fight from a distance Where my vulnerability gets no recognition And by the time I was eleven I was already defensive An extension of environment and reinforced messages Preemptively believed eventually I’ll be a failure To my family and friendships And when you mix it and blend it with contemporary pressures of Adolescence emphasis on the consensus of A book full of portraits but didn’t consider That we’ve been sketching stick figures underneath bigger pictures And on my twenty-first birthday already had my first born Baby boy and maybe homie saved my life But papa kept the motor running I’mma come and see you later Trying to color up some paper trying to make this right I realize most experiences are coincidental But I’ll never let go of these regrets I hold That’s why the pieces that were missing always felt more special Better bring some bigger pencils to sketch my soul But yo when I was thirty-one both ends burning them Thought that I was lost in the jungle but I was in search of something Learning how to deconstruct my puzzle Permanently nervous I was in love with the hustle The Devil went to Hell just to sell that selfishness They tried to make me feel important I fell for it Embarrassment and trepidation plus a healthy dose of Self imposed limitations over my own illustrations And when I struggled with the number forty-one I had a couple more sons and it feel like my real life had just begun It’s getting harder to translate It’s likely I’ve already played my part of this landscape And all of this time I been following my design Trying to find a little solace in how the stars aligned It kind of looks like glitter but every pixelated flicker Gets the proper position in the biggest of pictures And when I was fifty-one On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on On and on and on and on FOLLOW ATMOSPHERE: #atmosphere #biggerpictures #somanyotherrealitiesexistsimultaneously