Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling covers First We Take Manhattan; Plays Birthday Show 8/19 at TT’s

Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, Boston’s Prisoner-themed concept band has released a new music video: a cover of Leonard Cohen’s First We Take Manhattan. The video is an original, tongue-in-cheek, spy-caper narrative produced and directed by Killer Suit Creative Media’s Glenn di Benedetto. The video pays tribute to spy television of the past with thematic similarity to the sci-fi reveals of the odder episodes of The Avengers, the slow-paced preparation sequences of Mission Impossible, and of course the good-vs.-evil ambiguity of The Prisoner. It is the first original-narrative video by Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling.

DNFMOMD’s next show is Friday, August 19 at  TT the Bear’s Place. It’s also Sophia’s birthday party which means a very special set with guests joining the band onstage to perform on everything from viola to saw to mandolin. Other bands playing that night are: Mistle Thrush, Count Zero, and Pray for Polanski. There is a free compilation of all the bands playing the show available at http://bday.donotforsake.com/. Or you can listen to the tracks below.

–Chrissy Prisco