"Open Season"

Released: September 19, 2015

"Open Season" was first released in 2014 as part of the four track EP "In Your Prime". It was set to be a single and they even recorded a video for it. However, the video was never released. In stead, "Open Season" was released as a digital single to promote the EP. In 2015, Josef recorded a french version of the song ,"Une Autre Saison", which was released as a single in the summer of 2015. It is unlikely that the original "Open Season" has been re-recorded for the single release or the album. However, there is a big possibility that there will be new single art. What Josef says about the song: 'I had just signed my record deal and it looked nothing like I thought it would. It was quite a lonely experience and I realized that in my single mindedness to make the music thing work, I’d left all the love/friends on the other side of the world and forgotten to make new ones. So it was about changing priorities and realizing that the most important thing in life is actually other people.'

Tracklist

1.	Open Season	4:04
2.	Every Night	3:42

Other Versions

Open Season (Gryffin Remix)

4:00

Lyrics

We used to have it all planned
We thought we knew what it all looked like
We were looking out on the greatest view
We were raised to take a stand
We were raised to keep an open mind
We believed we’d just sail on through

Now I’m a 100 miles an hour
Sitting in my palace without any power
Alone in the dark, we’re alone in the dark
Thought we could always try a bit harder
But if the dice don’t wanna roll in your favor
It falls apart, the fantasy falls apart

And this is open season
Time is up, time to be leaving
Heading down this very arbitrary road
Armor up and say a prayer
From all the daunting millionaires
You heard you’re better off on your own
But I ain’t gonna face this hunt alone

So I’ll be needing you
And I know you’ll be needing me too
We’re in this game together
We’re in this game together
And I believe in you
And I know you believe in me too
We’re in this game together
We’re in this game together

All the faces we’ve forgotten
All the tracks we’ve given up
Only showed you for a moment
No it was nowhere near enough
But I take it as it comes
I take it as I only can
I take it all, and run where it goes

So I’ll be needing you...
We’re only at the start

Music Video

Josef recorded the video for "Open Season" back in 2014. However, in July 2015 he posted a few photos and a short clip of the new music video on Instagram. The new video was shot in Cadaques in the north of Spain, by Ollie Wolf. Josef: "Over the past two years I'd had so many ideas for a video for this song. But none of them would take root deeply enough. It got to a point where I'd wake up each day convinced that yesterday's idea was the one to go with, that today's idea was too clichéd/too niche, trying too hard/too basic, too grandiose/too boring... I started to wonder why any of this mattered. It's just a music video, not a national budget (which would require more thought perhaps...). It also seemed to me that the whole process of making music videos can sometimes be frustrating for everyone involved. You often have to make so many creative and personal compromises along the way. So we decided to lay that bare, remove the 'torture', and just make something beautiful and fun."

Directed by: Ollie Wolf
Location: Cadaques, Spain

Original Music Video

Some screenshots of the original music video were released by the director, Alan Masferrer. From the looks of the pictures the video would have been a mix of the "This Life" and the original "Hustler" videos. Unfortunately, the video has not been released, so we can only dream away... Go to the Photo section to look at all the screenshots.

Directed by: Alan Masferrer
Produced by: Oniric Events and NTSH
Starring: Jana Balcazar

Photos

Original cover

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