When the Citizens dropped me a line to ask if I'd be interested in directing a promo for Accelerator, on their new album Waving, Not Drowning, I couldn't exactly say no. The album rules hotly.

The video, which took over six months to complete due to complications filming the explosion (read: faulty detonators, slightly-immolated drivers, multiple takes and three trips back to the west coast), traces the path of a doomed relationship, compressed into one night. We open on the dry heat of a desert sunset. As the light begins to fade, boy meets girl. Boy hooks up with girl. By sunrise, it's over.

Of course, there are other parallels that will be drawn, but this is mine. Special thanks and big big ups to Terri Timely for all their help.