The video for 'Chains, Chains, Chains' -- the latest single from Elvis Perkins in Dearland -- seems to be swimming (literally) in symbolism and insinuation. There are rising tides, silhouettes, aquatic birds and then, of course, embryonic sea people entangled in a womb-like waterworld. Or something of the sort. It all adds up to an eye-catching video that is mystical and imaginative and perfectly suited for Perkins' poetic hymn.

Perkins gives director Sean Pecknold credit for that. "The band and I really just had to be his shadow puppets for an afternoon," Perkins tells Spinner. "And then he created a never-before-seen world around us."

Never before seen until now, that is.