In addition to the precision, die-cut sense of longing in the actual song itself, you may notice throughout the new Linus Young video for “City of Sin” a certain resemblance to the 1994 Johnny Depp movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Clearly this is no coincidence. While Terry Gilliam didn’t direct this video (I don’t think he does that), the duo and whoever did direct it managed to capture the atmosphere of that town in the desert — drugs, cartoons and all.
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