May 2, 2008 | Posted by Blair at 12:55 PM

Super stressed/Super smoothe


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One of the highlights of the Justice "cross" album is the song "Stress" - its all squealing strings and squelchy synths squashed on a pounding beat - the song is actually a bit off-putting, especially when you've not heard it before. That said, the track is absolutely brilliant in a late-night set on a big sound system. Now, the video for "Stress" is a dark one: a mob of angry youths wreaking havoc in the Parisian suburbs? Check. Think "La Haine" cut down to six minutes. If anything, it feels less like a music video and more like a short film that features the song on the soundtrack.

Then on the other side of the coin, we've got the video for Sebastien Tellier's "Divine", which Mark posted here a while back. I say the other side of the coin because here the darkness of Justice gets washed off by delicate electro-pop and hilarious vignettes of Tellier (or is it just a variety of people dressed up as him?), singing in sunny southern California.

Justice "cross" is out now on Vice Records/Ed Banger, and Sebastien Tellier's Sexuality is out now on Record Makers/Lucky Number. Gotta love Paris!

Comments

I want to feel like NWA reborn, but I can't catch my breath. The shoot is more like a MICHAEL JACKSON -IM BAD video, cut with UFC. My liver hurts.

Posted by: (^_^) at May 5, 2008 1:49 AM

Pretty crazy video, though the best part is the guy running around with the boom mic.

Posted by: Jeff at May 6, 2008 5:39 PM

First 48 hours

Posted by: Charlie at May 14, 2008 1:48 AM
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