Synopsis
"Eleanor Lye" opens with a short poem about death, frozen lava, and rebirth. In a dark, empty space, Leanne Macomber lies motionless and nude, filmed in close detail. Small movements gradually return to her fingers, toes, face, and body as she appears to rediscover sensation and consciousness. The process builds slowly from stillness to full physical awareness, ending with Macomber rising and facing the camera. The stark imagery gives the song's grief a visual form, presenting mourning as a strange, elemental passage into renewed life.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was released in April 2014 and runs for approximately four minutes.
- "Eleanor Lye" appears on Ejecta's debut album, "Dominae," released in 2013. It is the album's eighth track.
- The song addresses the death of a close friend, which adds emotional weight to the video's imagery of disappearance, physical awakening, and rebirth.
- The opening poem reads: "Lava freezes, new earth forms / does it sting or is it bliss / after death, to be reborn."
- Although Macomber appears nude throughout much of the clip, the presentation is deliberately nonsexual. The camera treats the body as an unfamiliar landscape gradually becoming alive.
- The video was produced by BANGS. Owen Donovan handled cinematography, while Steven Grise was responsible for production design.
- Leanne Macomber provides the sole credited on-screen performance. She was also the song's writer, with Joel Ford credited as producer.
- Ejecta later adopted the name Young Ejecta after receiving a copyright notice connected to the similar name of DJ Ejeca.