Cass McCombs Shares "I Cannot Lie" Video

Cass McCombs‘ new compilation album A Folk Set Apart: Rarities, B-Sides & Space Junk, Etc. is out today. He’s shared the video for “I Cannot Lie”. It’s directed by Malcolm Pullinger and features scenes from the 2005 documentary Following Sean. Watch the video and read what McCombs had to say about it below.

McCombs has also announced a record release show for A Folk Set Apart. It’ll take place on January 7 at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.

Alongside its original release on 7 inch in 2003, “I Cannot Lie” appeared in the documentary Following Sean by Ralph Arlyck. I had been a fan of Ralph’s work, and my friend Malcolm was working with him on the film and introduced us (I actually wrote some of “Your Mother and Father” on Ralph’s piano). This video is an excerpt from Following Sean, slightly reworked. These images from the Bay Area in 1969 still seem relevant today, especially the shots of protesters being beaten by militant police.

Watch Cass McCombs perform “County Line” for Pitchfork.tv:

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