OK, so Swale’s “Middlesex” isn’t really a “new tune,” per se. For one thing, it was released by the Burlington art-rockers last October on their most recent full-length, A Small Arrival. That’s not even considering that the record was some seven-plus years in the making, meaning “Middlesex” is … um, actually a pretty old song. However, the video for the song — that, my friends, is brand spanking new! Swale just released it this week, although judging by the gray light and foliage, it’s a safe bet they started filming last fall. Whatever. Much like A Small Arrival, we think the “Middlesex” video was more than worth the wait. Enjoy.

 

Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves...