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Film At 11: Cate Le Bon

You have to respect young Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon for being unique. Watching the video for “Hollow Trees House Hounds” is like experiencing an entire mushroom trip packed into just five minutes. Loaded with dancing tree people, floating woodland creatures and anomalous human organs drifting across her head, it’s a tumultuous whirlwind from the visionary imaginations of directors Casey Raymond and Ewan Jones Morris. Le Bon’s jagged guitar strums, swirling keyboards and stark, Nico-ish vocals awed Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys enough to sign her to his Irony Bored label, which issued her debut album, Me Oh My, last year in Europe. It’s out tomorrow in the U.S. via The Control Group.