behind the video with Liminal ("Glue Gun")
A great music video can create an entire universe in the span of a single song. You press play and go through the portal. Your cells are altered, your vision adjusts to the concept of another dimension (another dimension...ₐₙₒₜₕₑᵣ dᵢₘₑₙₛᵢₒₙ). You leave changed, perhaps forever.
Sorry, I'm feeling dramatic in a sci-fi way after watching the Australian psych rock band Liminal's video for "Glue Gun," which is a single off their upcoming album Hyper Normal. A space age jazz backdrop with non-Euclidean blorbs of guitar floating above...oblique imagery that's both technological and spiritual (is there a difference? is computer God? I gotta finish my cup of coffee)...the "Glue Gun" video is a delight, and is directed by Liminal's own Alako Myles.
I got some Pop-Up Video-style intel about the whole project, which will be revealed below...but also check out the video first...
Liminal shares...Behind The Video Deets!
1. the video is not real, it's a tape recording
2. none of the equipment seen in the video was used to make the song
3. a glue gun was not used to make the costumes
4. the carpet was cgi
5. the opening shot was actually filmed during the day
6. this tune is dedicated to the akai s20
7. glue gun is the spiritual successor to sand dream
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8. the angel is alako's girlfriend charlotte, she made the costume and is underbite girl
9. "in dreams you are mine" is a nod to blue velvet
10. the newspaper used for the outfits was The Nimbin Good Times, which we use to start fires
Thank you Liminal! Hyper Normal is out on 10/16/2026 aka tomorrow, stream it here and buy it here when it arrives. And look at their website too, really good website.
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