Rockapella has released a new music video for its song "How Bout Now?"

The group filmed the video, along with one for "Sunburnt Sucker," during a busy, two-week stint of gigs in Branson, MO, this past summer. With a varied outdoor environment to choose from, Rockapella found some unique filming locations to shoot the contrasting songs.

"How Bout Now?"

Video directed by Mitchell Rains. Music and lyrics by Scott Leonard. Mix, Master, and Cinematography by Jeff Thacher for Ninjapella.com.

"Whatever your point of view is,  we know things can look pretty bleak throughout the world lately as we click our way through the news," drummer  Jeff Thacher told FloVoice. " It's a bit relentless, no? We wanted to express something meaningful in contrast to that. I don't know about you, but I need to take breaks. 

"The ultimate break is maybe the holiday season. Thanksgiving seemed the right time, and Scott (Leonard) had written this beautiful, uplifting song. Hope you all get some comfort from it!"

Audio tracking for the song occurred before, during, and after the gigs in Missouri. In-between shooting "Sunburnt," Rockapella began work on "How Bout Now?"

"The trick is not sweating too much in the Missouri heat for a November video release," Thacher said. "Two production shoots in two weeks plus six days a week of gigs is too much work for one director."

While Thacher was was directing "Sunburnt," the group's talented tenor Mitch Rains directed this "How Bout Now?" as Thacher helped out on camera.  

"He brought a lot of passion to it, and we’re looking forward to his work in the future," Thacher said. "The other guys had to be willing to sacrifice some downtime during the busy weeks, but you can imagine how it can turn into a fun experience — a different kind of fun, though.  

"I recommend always taking advantage of your tour locations — lots of variety to be had, visually, as well as plenty of band togetherness!"