Amazingly Choreographed Video by English Ambient Rockers
I've been listening to a lot of The xx lately, a great English-based trio who create dreamy, minimalist indie rock. Their debut album has already produced three trippy music videos for the singles "Crystalized" (YouTube), "Basic Space" (YouTube), and "VCR" (YouTube) but today saw the release of their newest and best video yet, for the track "Islands".
I was immersed in my college's dance department during my last year as an undergrad, and while I know little technically about dance, I know that this choreography is genius. At first it syncs with the music, each a continuous loop, but after a minute into the clip you start to see the minor variations in the choreograghy. Then halfway in, one of the dancers disappears altogether. From there the video begins to completely fall apart as the symmetry of the dance disintegrates, dancers and band members alike both leave, and the set itself is set aflame. Best dance video since "Single Ladies"? Probably.
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It's funny you posted this today because I saw it on MTV this morning for the first time. Very cool. Enjoying that album, are you? Although you have more time to discover new music, I can occasionally still school you :D
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