Providence producer, The Range, has shared the ruminative video for "Five Four," the second track to be made public off his forthcoming sophomore LP Potential. The London hip-hop artists sampled on the song, OphQi and Superior Thought, are featured prominently in the clip directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Daniel Kaufman, which explores a theme of urban melancholy set against a black and white color palate.Buoyed by nestled layers of twinkling and striated piano samples, "Five Four" heaves with a mournful sadness, resonating with the producer's characterization of it in a statement made to Spin as "about the frustration of not being able to change the circumstances of a situation." Elaborating, he says, "I think [Superior Thought] captures it well—'Scarred from the hard tasks and dreams that never came to pass … And yet he tried to walk the straight and narrow path but he fiend for the lights and the drama need an arsenal and an armor to inflict the force and cause trauma.'"Check it out above, revisit The Range's THUMP mix here, and get your copy of Potential when it's out March 25 on British indie imprint Domino.Follow Alexander on Twitter.
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