The Hazards of Love was a pretty ambitious endeavor for Meloy and crew. Not just with writing a rock opera but also that it premiered live at SXSW and then was taken on the road along with the guest stars Becky Stark and Shara Worden for a long tour with the album being played in it’s entirety night after night. Apparently Meloy hasn’t had enough of the album yet and is releasing Here Comes the Wave: The Hazards of Love Visualized, an animated film that premiered at a Los Angeles show in October and will be released as a full-length film on December 1st via iTunes.

The trailer below has parts that look strikingly similar to the video for “The Rake’s Song” even though none of the creators of that video were used on the film. Filmmakers Guilherme Marcondes, Julia Pott, Peter Sluszka and Santa Maria were enlisted to create animations to accompany individual sections of music from the album.