From The Shade

“Don’t hurt yourself!” is a sentence which we have to use more and more often when we shoot with highly motivated bands. Andrew – From the Shade’s vj – tried to climb up the wall of an old, crumbling house to reach the upper floor and almost fell down because the bricks were loose. When searching for a ladder for an adventurous climb, we realized that this ruin of a house still provided a small hidden staircase that would lead us to this nicely wallpapered room with an extravagant view on the savaged backyard. Singer and guitarist Drew Andrews and violin player Matt “Professor” Resovich filled the open-house stage with their quiet, sensitive and melancholic music while visualist Andrew Pates shot his own video of this harmonious scenery. Besides their From The Shade project, Drew, Matt and Andrew are members of the San-Diego-based ambient rock band The Album Leaf.