[CORRECTION: As a commenter pointed out, I mixed up some Ben Lovetts here. The Ben Lovett responsible for this video is NOT the  Ben Lovett that’s in the band Mumford & Sons]  I’ve shared my thoughts before on the tragic early demise of the things that MTV could have been. The possibilities for short film (which I also talk about a lot) and pop music are mind-boggingly under-explored. But at least a couple of times a year, a mini-masterpiece of the medium comes along. And I think it would be safe to describe the video for Ben Lovett’s song Eye of the Storm (from his upcoming release “Highway Collection”) as just that – a mini-masterpiece. I don’t care much about Steampunk, and I’d never even heard of Ben Lovett before, but this music video is eerily gorgeous, as is the song. So beyond letting you know that Lovett is a member of Mumford & Sons, who were spawned by the same West London folk scene that brought us Noah and the Whale (who also have a fantastic music video), and to tell you that the video was produced by SoapBox Films with key effects and animation created by OddBall Animation I think I’ll just shut up now and let you watch the darn thing. Video below.