Singer-Songwriter Jordan Klassen Shares Heartfelt Music Video For “Brothers In Arms”

Singer-songwriter Jordan Klassen has shared a new music video for track “Brothers In Arms,” lifted from his recently release album, Glossolalia. A heartfelt and vulnerable track, “Brothers In Arms” is a personal reflection on the need for reconciliation, with a particular focus on rifts in society and within families and friend groups, heightened by the events and circumstances of recent events, to the likes of vaccine anxiety, isolation, restrictions, quarantine and lockdowns. 

A steady track, driven primarily by piano and repetitive percussion, it serves as a reminder that we are still “Living our days as brothers in arms”, regardless of what goes on around us in a pandemic world. It is a mature, reserved commentary from Klassen, highlighting that none of us has the residue of innocence anymore. 

Featuring intimate family scenes – family dinner and photographs, a prodigal son returning home – the black and white scenes of a family reuniting contrast with scenes of Klassen in full colour, performing the song against the backdrop of a lush forest. The two brothers at the centre of the song’s lyrics eventually step into full colour, into the same forest backdrop, playing out the complicated story of their connection, their distance and their reuniting ahead of the song’s close. 

Director Matt Kingcroft says, “for me, “Brothers In Arms” is about a kind of radical forgiveness, and explores the stories we tell ourselves that make reconciliation harder. Inspired by the parable of the prodigal son, as well as real stories from real families, the video asks: what would it take for forgiveness to enter the fractured narrative we’ve all unwittingly found ourselves in? How can we free ourselves from the roles we unconsciously perform, whether online or at the dinner table? How do we build a new story?”

Glossolalia is classic and essential Klassen: ethereal, dreamy, mystical, and reminiscent of times gone by and the folk singers of yore. This album is a lyrical essay, with each song like a chapter in a personal journal. The album is available now, with Klassen having just announced two upcoming live performances in his home province. 

Watch below:

Live Dates: 

Nov 26 – Vancouver BC – The Historic Cultch Theatre

Dec 10 – Victoria BC – Capital Ballroom

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