Watch Jacob Gentry's Sci-Fi 'After The Disco' Shorts With Kate Mara And Anton Yelchin

The band Broken Bells, aka Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton and James "the Shins" Mercer, makes very cinematic music. For a video to accompany new material the pair had a great idea. Burton took a story concept to Jacob Gentry (The Signal, My Super Psycho Sweet 16) and gave him the freedom to make an extended pair of shorts that effectively act as a music video for the album, rather than for any one song. (Gentry had previously done an earlier video for the band.)

The result is a two-part sci-fi romance starring Kate Mara (House of Cards) and Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Only Lovers Left Alive), which uses music from the Broken Bells record 'After the Disco,' along with some material that is exclusive to these videos, as the score for the whole story. There are some classic sci-fi influences here, a nice little twist, and an emotionally affecting arc to it all. Check out both parts below.I talked to Jacob Gentry for a while about these videos, and we'll have that interview next week. In the meantime, here are the two parts, which are very much halves of a whole.