Bon Bon Vivant “Sin Eater” (Heroic Doses LLC)
Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of Bon Bon Vivant’s song “Sin Eater” from their forthcoming album. This song was produced by Jeremy Kelley and Abigail Cosio; engineered by GOAT at House of 1000hz and Stan Keightley at Vegatative State; and mixed and mastered by Stan Keightley.
“Sin Eater” is Abigail Cosio (songwriter) on lead vocals and guitar; Jeremy Kelley on saxophone and harmony vocals; Ellis Seiberling on trombone; Cory Tramontelli on bass; and Deacon Marrquin on drums.
This video by Bon Bon Vivant was shot in New Orleans by Landon Larsen; directed and edited by Abigail Cosio. The video stars Kirk Perlarde as the Sin Eater, with Deacon Marrquin, Ellis Seiberling, Jeremy Kelley, Abigail Cosio, Mark Stevens, Jess Kearny, Christopher Leblanc, Lauralee Neno, and April Leigh. The cake was by Bywater Bakery.
It’s intriguing to consider that one being could take away another’s sins. This song explores that concept in a dark, playful manner. Bon Bon Vivant pulls the idea away from the macabre and resettles it as a swanky act of love and devotion. This all plays out over horns and a New Orleansean vibe.
Our video for our new single “Sin Eater” was inspired by the historic ritual of sin eating, taking on the burden or penance of someone else. Visually we wanted to make a macabre character of the Sin Eater, a death masked and dapper gentlemen dancing his way through the night turning people onto his chosen calling. We wanted to play a little with the act of sin eating, one of humanity’s darker spiritual practices, where a hired Sin Eater consumes bread placed on a dead body. We twisted it a bit and present the concept as an unflinching and deep act of love, for our love song. The bars and evening streets of the French quarter made for a perfectly appropriate setting for our video for “Sin Eater.” – Abby Cosio
Find information here on their website: https://www.bonbonvivantmusic.com/ and find the music here: https://bonbonvivant.bandcamp.com/track/sin-eater
Enjoy our previous coverage here: Album Premiere & Essay: Bon Bon Vivant “Dancing in the Darkness”