Arts & Entertainment

Band Premieres New Music Video Featuring Mahwah Kids

Watch the Escape Directors new video for "The Distant Pass"

Fresh off of a at , the Mahwah-based band The Escape Directors released a new music video Tuesday.

The video for "The Distant Past" revists childhood, and features eight local youngsters - one from Ridgewood and seven from Mahwah.

Joining band mambers Steve Carter, Nick Wilson, Colin Rieser, and Brendon Bigley in the video are fourth graders Alessandra Priolo and Gabby Sargenti and sixth graders Olivia Priolo, Samantha Turk, Danny Nelson, Ryan Simon and Daniel Surich.

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To promote the video, the band is asking fans to change their Facebook profile pictures to youthful photos of themselves, and posting the following status update:

"Help Escape Directors spread their new music video - change you profile pic to a younger you. http://bit.ly/TDPYT REPOST!"

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You can also check out young pictures of Steve, Nick, Colin and Brendon on Facebook.

Followers of the band can visit its website to download the song for free, and get updates on its album, The Crowded Room, due out July 16.

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