VIDEO: Alcoholic Faith Mission - "Sobriety Up and Left" (Live in a Restaurant)

CMJ recently took place in New York, which means hundreds of bands descended on the city for a few days. CMJ is, more or less, the closest thing we East Coasters get to our own SXSW. Bands come from all over the country -- some come from other countries, too -- and perform all over the city. One of the imports that performed at this year's CMJ was Danish sextet Alcoholic Faith Mission. While the band was in town, they took some time to film a live performance inside a restaurant, which you can watch below.

It's very well framed and paced. I don't want to ruin the video for you, so I'll leave this introduction short. I will say that the circular motion of the video seems to hold a certain symbolism for how the band is set up around the restaurant. The band, despite being spread around the room, is connected by their music and a sort of collective mood. There's an unspoken bond between them, and the intimacy of the whole arrangement is rather engaging -- let alone beautiful.

BUY: "Sobriety Up and Left" is from Alcoholic Faith Mission's latest LP, Let This Be the Last Night We Care, out now on Paper Garden Records (out on PonyRec in Europe). A few tracks from the album can be heard below, and you pick the album up on Amazon, Amazon MP3, iTunes, or direct from Paper Garden Records here/direct from PonyRec here.



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