In anticipation and celebration of Friday's release, I put together a video for "Gantry Crane" (track 8).
The video is of PEI, but the song is really about Nova Scotia: Shelburne County, the West River in Durham just outside Pictou, and a fort that guards the narrowest part of Halifax Harbour. It's very much about the longing evoked by returning to the places we explored as children. We didn't know how lucky we were to have granite shores, interval land, and crumbling forts as our playground.
All Souls Day, Live at the Carleton in Halifax. Video by MacKenzie Goodwin
The original three videos from Unsuitable (Dartmouth Tonight, Glendale Road and Ship Builders) were conceived when I happened upon a website called Nova Scotia Webcams.
I reached out to the owner, Ralf, who gave me permission to use the live camera views to create videos. Is it slow tv? Whatever it is I love it, and I'm kind of obsessed now.