San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Hélène Renaut’s fragile and enchanting voice is reminiscent of a watercolor painting. Inspired by French pop and sixties and seventies folk, her soft yet complex acoustics are flawlessly mingled with a lively glockenspiel and gentle percussion. Renaut’s new video “The Deer Convention” illuminates her childlike spirit as she transforms a forest into her own stage. Created in Super 8 by Zach Von Joo, a local filmmaker who has worked on videos for Hanna Lew (of Grass Widow), it draws from aesthetics of the silent movie era.
– Leah Roh
The Deer Convention from Zach Von Joo on Vimeo.