Looking out my office window, I see a lot of gray and green. The Hill is lush and populated. If I walk a few streets up and over, and the clouds are clear, I can see the Olympics. That's why Julia Shapiro's latest visual for her single "Shape," which was shot on the Australian Outback, feels like a step out of reality. Those dusty brownish-reds. The low-lying bushes. Those horizons that stretch out into infinity. Must feel like god.

Shapiro told Paste that she “took this footage on a two-week tour through the Outback, driving all the way from Melbourne to Darwin with my friend Darren Hanlon.” The swirling, echoey, fogginess of the guitar and her vocals pair well with the layered images of the video that seem to bleed into one another. Melancholy is an emotion that comes in strong on this one and contrasts with the brightness of the scenery of the Outback. It's arid and disembodied and makes me want to take the next flight to Melbourne.

"Shape" is on Shapiro's solo debut, Perfect Version, which drops on June 14 on Hardly Art. She'll be playing at the Inscape Arts Bash this weekend—woo—and will also host a record release show at Barboza on June 27.