Recent videos by London acts which this blog hearts:
***VIDEO OF THE WEEK***
Disclosure – You & Me (Feat. Eliza Doolittle)
The snapshot-style ups and downs of a young couple’s European travelogue make the perfect accompaniment to this recent single. The pretty footage really captures what it is to travel, and the unrivalled thrill of a first love. [Recent blog on this song]
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Savages – Shut Up
This compelling movie starts with singer Jehnny Beth intoning the poem / statement-of-intent from the front cover of Savages’ forthcoming debut album, and then moves into a full, typically-explosive live performance of the track Shut Up.
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Keebo – Native American
The twin elements of this all-girl fivepiece’s new single – a focus on Amerindians and a sun-cooked, outdoorsy vibe – mesh here in a film of heavily-filtered goodness. Can’t wait to hear more from this lot.
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Fenech-Soler – Magnetic
Formerly the purveyors of dense, warehouse party-perfect electronica (I’ll always remember an amazing show in Manor House…), Fenech-Soler have suddenly, seemingly gone all pop on their second album, Rituals (out 2 September). It’s an unexpected change of direction, but hey ho. The soaring, air-punching highs of first single Magnetic are here accompanied by a film where vocalist Ben Duffy just can’t flee the clutches of Donnie Darko-like animal heads – like that guy below…
