Thief - Apple Eaters [Official Music Video]

Order: Directed by: Sean Sweetman & Dylan Neal Shot and edited by: Sean Sweetman Sniper: Virginia Rand The title “Apple Eaters” is taken from a line in J.D. Salinger’s short story “Teddy” and the song is a view of the world through the extreme lens of a lonely spiritual misanthrope in a deceptive 7/4 time signature. A hitwoman is searching for someone or something, but her view of the world is colored by the lens she is using. The strange horrors she encounters ends up being too much for her to bear. Why did she see those things? What did they mean to her? What does she use to clean her gun? THIEF have already gained cult status among the initiated, which might be taken quite literally considering that the backbone of their sound has been formed by manipulated sacred chant and choral samples. Although the band project of American multi-instrumentalist Dylan Neal from Los Angeles, California continues along this path, his third album