How rad is this new video for Yuksek’s song Off The Wall? Direct by Romain Segaud, he took the simple concept of mirroring an image and turned it into a video filled with giant blinking faces, fingers that play musical instruments by themselves and shapes that merge together to form words. Honestly, once you start watching the video for a while you totally forget that there a bunch of hands controlling these pieces, they just seem… natural? The song is pretty nice as well, so I’ll have to check out what the rest of their album sounds like.
Swedish electric duo Niki & The Dove recently released a video for their latest track The Fox, and it really is a thing of beauty. Created by the Seattle-based Wintr and filled with beautiful shapes, color and motion, the video shows a creature with the head of a fox in free-fall as it hurls towards the ground.
It’s a simple (if surreal) concept, but Wintr keep it totally engaging, filling it with all sorts of odd and crazy imagery. I’m normally not one to get too excited about videos that feel overtly 3D or are synthetic heavy but this really works and I think it’s well worth checking out.
A few years ago, my girlfriend and I spent a month traveling through southern Scandinavia. It was one of those great trips. The weather was amazing, the cities were perfect, and the music was pure indie-pop. It’s the type of sound which the Scandinavians do so well. Take Finnish indie-pop trio Regina, for example. I recently discovered them when browsing through the excellent Pitchfork TV and I’ve had them on steady rotation for the rest of the day.
Not only do they sound great, but their videos take me right back to that summer I spent backpacking around the sunny Nordic countryside. Their sound reminds me of a more dream-pop version of Stereolab, and I love the fact that they sing in their native Finnish. The video above is part one of a three-part series filmed by Osma Harvilahti, and part two is available on the band’s Vimeo page. They videos are nicely shot and suit the fun feel of the music. I’m looking forward to part three already.
Spotted this video on Vimeo earlier and it grabbed my eye immediately. The song is by a fellow named Úlfur (full name Úlfur Hansson) who I’m 99% sure is the bassist for Jonsí’s band when he tours. Striking out on his own he’s created this beautiful electronic track which reminds me a bit of something you might hear in a Miyazaki film. The video was directed by Máni M. Sigfússon who created an abstract piece of art that’s sort of gothic Enya. He directs videos for all the biggest Icelandic musicians, so I’d highly suggest you check out the rest of his videos as well.
Hopefully Úlfur releases a full-length album soon, I’m really digging his sound.
To coincide with the release of Matthew Dear’s new EP Headcage he’s released a trippy new video directed by Morgan Beringer. The song is called In The Middle (I Met You There) and features vocals from Drums front man Jonny Pierce, which brings an interesting angle to Dear’s music. The song is rather vibrant and melodic, like a natural progression of where Dear’s music is potentially heading. The video itself is pretty crazy, like watching paint melt on drugs or something. It fits though, and certainly sets a mood for the song.
My old friend Jean Jullien has teamed up with his brother, who goes by the name Niwouinwouin, to start Jullien Brothers, a music/music video production duo making some amazing shit. Niwouinwouin released his Troll Slayer EP late last year, and now they’ve upped the ante with a brand new video which is amazing. The video all takes place on the wall of a bedroom, told through the medium of the posters. The protagonist hero must rescue his love from the evil troll, traversing different posters and battling foes as he goes. The images above give you a sense of the the story, but you have to see the rest to truly see how brilliant these two are. Also be sure to watch it full screen, the experience is that much better.
