Sam Kogon put out one of our favorite albums of 2016 with the release of Psychic Tears. This week he premiered a new animated video for ‘I Was Always Talking’ which features Frankie Cosmos. ‘I Was Always Talking’ was featured on our November Mixtape and was one of the best things we heard last month (and all year for that matter). Although not really about a romantic breakup, the song perfectly captures the emotional spectrum one experiences while going through something like that. The desperation and emotion captured by the expertly crafted guitar solo starting around the 2:20 minute mark that melts into the final climax of the song is nothing short of a perfect moment captured on tape.
 
More about the video via the press release…

Today, the amazing animated video for Kogon’s duet with Frankie Cosmos, “I Was Always Talking”, created by animated duo Hotdog Sandwich, premiered at the Creator’s Project, who said, “A succession of psychedelic dream sequences and Starship Troopers references envisions an alt-rock ballad about an interplanetary relationship between a young alien girl and a human boy. “I Was Always Talking” the new music video for the collaborative track between Brooklyn singer-songwriters Sam Kogon and Frankie Cosmos, off the former’s sophomore album, Psychic Tears (Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records), places 3D animated characters inside real world environments, giving it a sort of Adult Swim-y charm. The lyrics were originally written about a friend breakup, after moving to a new place, but considering the song’s epic buildup, Hotdog Sandwich decided to elevate the narrative to an intergalactic romance that gets cut short when the alien girl is forced to return to her home planet.”