Sunday 9 August 2009

Modest Mouse release new video

Modest Mouse - King Rat


The music video for Modest Mouse's new song 'Rat King' was directed by the late Heath Ledger and premiered on Myspace a few days ago.
Ledger conceived the video's theme in order to raise awareness of the plight of whales that are hunted down illegally for commercial purposes off the coast of his native Australia. The video remained unfinished at the time of Ledger's death in January 2008, but video company The Masses, in which Ledger had been a partner, has completed it in his honor. Proceeds from downloads of the video via US iTunes during the first month of its release will go toward Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a non-profit organization committed to ending the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.
Rat King will feature on their new digital Ep which will be out on the 17th of August adn I can't wait.

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