If the Byrds Wrote a Kids' Song About Telling Time...

... it'd sound a little bit like this.

Making music that's truly for younger kids but has enough musical hooks for the parents is a lot more difficult than countless kids' music press releases make it appear. I've always appreciated Rocknoceros' skills in that regard, and they seem to be negotiating that fine line when it comes to their videos, too. Their latest video from their album Pink!, for "Can You Tell Time" doesn't quite have the scientific overload of a They Might Be Giants video, but it does the job as well as any sub-3-minute video could probably be expected to...

Rocknoceros - "Can You Tell Time" [YouTube]


(Sorry I've been a little quiet around here lately -- went to Austin City Limits Fest this weekend and prepping for the festival and posts about the Austin Kiddie Limits stage has been time-consuming.)