![]() Meanwhile, the other four tracks are mere whispery ambient pieces that more or less serve the movie's need for a traditional score. Though in past projects, fans would've received a healthy smattering of danceable bops to indulge themselves, the duo's latest only offers four traditional pop songs. Truthfully it's one very long music video but an effective vessel to the swirling darkness that moves through Boy Harsher's sound. The music is clearly the driving force of a picture full of great performances, beautiful cinematography, and stupid-fun practical effects that pay homage to body horror of the late 80s and early '90s. Though the traditional way of building a film score and or soundtrack usually caters to the film itself, Boy Harsher flipped the proverbial script with The Runner, and it shows - for better and worse. Their purpose this time was to construct a door into an escapist realm to expel the demons that feed on showgoers Monday through Thursday. No matter how derivative their music may seem at times, they are one of those rare acts that brandish revivalism with purpose. Though Boy Harsher's music tends to communicate dark, desperate, and drab emotions, listeners are urged, possessed even, to dance their worries into oblivion. Still, this film proves to be a beaming light of hope - a cathartic exercise from a musical duo whose songs are undeniably befitting for wearers of sweat-drenched black t-shirts, beer-soaked dance floors, smeared mascara, all coexisting within a small stuffy venue. The Runner, the co-directorial debut project from Matthews and her production partner Augustus Muller, is a brooding horror short with hues of Under The Skin and specks of Blood Simple. Not only did Boy Harsher step outside and put one foot in front of the other, but they also ran into the bleak unknown, only to be stopped in their tracks by a rekindled first love - cinema. ![]() With the world and personal matters caving in, the duo did what they only could do - create. ![]() Vocalise Jae Matthews was diagnosed with MS. But within the past two years, even more unfortunate news transpired. For Boy Harsher, the pandemic has been stifling music they make, as has been the case for all small, touring artists.
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