AUSTIN, TX (February 23, 2021) – Indie-folk artist Nathan Vincent is releasing his music video for “Blue Ridge State” on March 10. Shot in the North Carolina mountains last year, the video release follows Vincent’s 2020 EP Cedar and Pine. The visuals present a soft, bittersweet glance into letting go the person you love. “We spend a lot of time pondering life decisions and where our significant other fits into that overall picture,” says Vincent. “But when we fail to be transparent in our communication with one another, we become disillusioned by our own biased perspective and fail to see them clearly.”
The music video for “Blue Ridge State” perfectly illustrates the gentle, yet hauntingly honest message behind the song. Vincent says he felt it was important to create a storytelling arc rather than focusing the video on him. With a small, COVID-safe crew of aspiring filmmakers, Vincent and his team shot the video in three days between Charlotte and Asheville. The visuals of cold winter air paired with the chilling realization of heartbreak highlights Vincent’s ability to skillfully write indie-folk that creates a familiar atmosphere while maintaining a vulnerable quality. “I think it’s human nature for us to want to feel like we’re romantically known and understood 24/7, “ says Vincent. “But I think the reality of it and what the video shows is that we’re often stuck with being half-right, with little pauses we’re afraid of sharing with our partner because we’re afraid of being misunderstood, and our goals and dreams start to diverge in different directions.”
