"This Land"

28 January 2019

6 mins 40s

This Land

Arcade Fire, Gorillaz, and Janelle Monae are just some of the artists who've vented their musical spleen over Donald Trump's presidency, but few have done so as powerfully as Gary Clark Jr. The Texan guitarist's latest track, ‘This Land', is all buzzsaw riffs and biting lyrics, with director Savanah Leaf delivering an equally combustive promo.

Shifting between a balcony performance, a roaring fire, and a cast of wandering children, Leaf crafts a balmy visual accompaniment to Clark Jr's ire. With lyrics like, "I see you looking out your window/Can't wait to call the police on me", his polemic against America's racist landscape is a warning to any nearby snakes in the grass.

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