The Neighbourhood

Jesse Jo Stark, rock’s newest creature of the night, shows off her backstage world the way only a true horror-movie junkie would: Blair Witch-style. In her new video for “Modern Love,” Stark writhes and wriggles at a shaky camera, sometimes on the floor, sometimes in pitch black. Her layered growls hang over a driving thrum of guitar and drums.  [embedded content][embedded content] Stark said the inspiration for “Modern Love” came from observing social interactions in the world around her. “Something in my guts told me we’ve crept away from the pure love I have always wanted,” she said in a press statement. “People making friends as accessories, climbing people like ladders. It made me feel like a stranger in my own body.” The music video is a stripped-down version of the signature ma...