Jesus, what a shower of twats. That is the most "Nathan Barley" thing I've ever seen.
If the whole rave-revival thing was coming from a dance/electronica angle with producers making tunes in the vein of SL2 or Altern8 I could get into it. But it's far too indie-led.
Those pumping four-note dun-dun-dun-dundundun riffs do not sound good at all on a bass guitar.
Oh dear. I think the video is amusing too, but in a warped way. Much like when unhip lager boys from the boondocks finally started adopting the notorious ‘trucker cap’, these guys (and this video) could either be seen as an ironic take on dense rave, or, ironic because they think they can get away with treating rave ironically; not everyone can—they cannot, and therefore this video is rather about the two singers laying their raw timorous emotions bare. Looking at it that way, it is absolutely hilarious. (Worringly, I have heard people praising the song for being ‘cool’ or ‘punky’—horses for courses.)Oh man I LOVE that video--thanks for putting it up Guybrush. I really wanted to beat the shit out of Jed Strom at first, but then I started to find it hilarious and them hilarious. I don't think they're serious guys. I think the point of those riffs is that they don't sound good. I forwarded the link to a bunch of people and now everyone says "It's a Rave Dave!" at least 500 times a day. I guess because a lot of them are rave casualties it is especially funny.
Think Trash Fashion is massive or howyousay "wicked"? check my upstairs neighbors band. Yes, I get to hear them practicing until 5 or 6 in the morning. They're touring the UK soon, they tell me:
http://www.myspace.com/dreamburger
I agree, and Klaxons are indeed very bad.I like the performativity of this kind of music, less the sonics or the concept, but I think Swears is right, a lot of it is too indiefried for my taste. Dreamburger sonically and conceptually have firmer roots in, well, something--electro, halloween children specials on TV, psychedelia--a little like the Klaxons (who I don't like at all), but are in the end more interesting for their use of drum machines and computers. Trash Fashion are sort of mime-ing the whole scene. They're pisstaking methinks.