Seattle singer/songwriter Tomo Nakayama’s “Darkest of Seasons” from last year’s Fog on the Lens seems more appropriate than ever right now given the subject matter:”‘Cos you know it is true what they say It’s the darkest of seasons before we have MayThough it’s hard to remember There’s a light at the end of the gray.”

Given that spring is all about rebirth and renewal (althought personally, it’s all about allergies), Nakayama partnered with director Deep Dasgupta (who has directed videos for Rose Windows and Grand Hallway), and painter Emelie Richardson to create a visual ode to the coming of the new season featuring a slew of Seattleites posing as naked as they first came into the world. Inspired by the work of Alex Kanevsky, whose paintings blur his subjects by refracting them into messy swaths of light and color, Nakayama and Dasgupta had Richardson “place a 5’x8′ window between the camera and their subjects to paint abstract, dream-like settings, using a muted color palette,” seemingly to suggest that all the winter grey is ultimately see through in the end. Get vernal and watch the NSFW video above. Check out the full album below: