My wife told me I was deranged, but gave her blessing, Cash tellsRolling Stone.
And then the key crew members were also like, Cool, were down to do something.
The next person I called was Gideon.
The resulting shortfilm,Sea Lion Cow, is the epitome of a passion project.
(At least at this juncture theyll be discussed below, but seriously, just watch it first.)
You might get the twinkle at the very last second.
She often did this in the backseat of her dads Volkswagen bug on her way to preschool.
Thats how he captured Sea Lion Cow one day, and it quickly became a favorite.
Sea Lion Cow stuck with Irving.
For years, he used it as his alarm clock sound.
Its like an audio journal to me, she says with a laugh.
The part that got me into it, and that keeps me in it, is the artist part.
THE CONCEPT FOR the video came together quickly.
(A plant was also the perfect place to hide the microphone Irving would be singing into.)
Or, Irving quips, free if you take our approach which was the more DIY, guerrilla one.
Eventually, Cash and Irving started filming, with the first two takes effectively serving as a rehearsal.
They completed the third take right as the G was returning to Church Ave., at around 2:45 a.m. … How dare you!
But, why wouldnt you?
That was the inspiration for it.
But that, as Cash says, just makes for another fun, meta layer.
