Emo rock revivalists The Funeral Portrait — Lee Jennings (vocals), Cody Weissinger (guitar), Caleb Freihaut (guitar/auxiliary), Robert Weston (bass,) and Homer Umbanhowar (drums) — have unveiled the strikingly cinematic video for “Holy Water”. Watch The Funeral Portrait with Ivan Moody, lead singer of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, in the video below.
“Holy Water” features Moody‘s powerful and distinctively rugged guest vocals and is taken from the deluxe edition of The Funeral Portrait‘s critically acclaimed second album Greetings From Suffocate City, out June 13 via Better Noise Music. “Holy Water” debuted on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart at No. 21 and is now positioned at No. 14.
“Holy Water” is brought to life in a gothic-style video directed by Michael Lombardi of Better Noise Films, an affiliate of Better Noise Music. The video’s narrative outlines the origin of how singer Lee Jennings got his power to ignite the souls of fans around the world.
“We filmed Ivan Moody deep in the desert of Prescott, Arizona on top of a thousand-foot canyon,” says Lombardi. “We then had to shoot The Funeral Portrait on a day off between shows in Philadelphia and New York City. This created a challenge in finding the epic gothic-style church location I needed. After scouting several locations, I ended up finding a phenomenal old and abandoned church in the Poconos in Pennsylvania.”
“Filming the ‘Holy Water’ music video was an absolutely insane experience,” declares Jennings. “The production was on another level — every detail, every shot, just completely unreal. Michael Lombardi brought a vision to this that was bigger than we ever imagined, turning it into a full-on cinematic experience. And having Ivan Moody be a part of it? That was next level. His energy and presence took everything to a whole new dimension. We can’t wait for everyone to see what we created — it’s dark, intense, and something truly special.”
Pre-orders for the digital, CD, and vinyl copies of the deluxe edition of Greetings From Suffocate City are available now.
The digital deluxe collection will contain 24 songs, including “Holy Water” featuring Ivan Moody, songs from the Cassanova EP and the From Beyond The Abyss EP, as well as the recently released version of “Hearse For Two” featuring Lilith Czar and three brand new songs, “Skinny Lies”, “Evergreen” and “Lost Boy”.
The vinyl and CD two-disc deluxe packages feature 21 tracks, one of which is exclusive to the physical formats (“Friends Like These”).
