Hotter than hot New York-based indie rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs have just released the third (I think?) video from It’s Blitz!, this time for “Skeletons,” one of the most mellow and ethereal songs in their repertoire. The video (directed by Barney Clay) is based on the dance style of turn of the century dancer Loie Fuller, known in film circles from the Lumiere film Serpentine Dance, as well as an art installation with image projected on smoke that Clay saw in London. It also has a bit of a Louis Feuillade Les Vampires feel to me. Quite evocative. The second video is a making-of.
(via Pitchfork)
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January 28, 2010
I’m starting to like them the more I hear from them. I actually think the music is very “Phoenix-ey”. I think everything sounds like Phoenix now though. Thanks for posting this.
January 29, 2010
Haha! I’ve become a Phoenix fan, BTW. But I tend to say I think Phoenix sound like Vampire Weekend. I don’t know that either sound that much like YYYs to me, outside of the way all indie rock kind of has a similar feel, I guess. This is far from my favorite song on the album, but I do very much like the video.