JAM OF THE WEEK: "Voyage" by Leningrad
A couple weeks ago, I covered "Ju-Ju", another Leningrad/Ilya Naishuller joint. This week brings you "Voyage".
When I first researched Leningrad, they were described as a "ska punk" band, and being used to 3rd Wave American Ska, I didn't see it in "Ju-Ju", since that was more . It's a lot "dirtier" than what I'm more familiar with, and it works with the band's more aggressive style. The bass sounds more intense and electronic, the band curses, and the female singer has a background in jazz, so you know she knows how to belt out that chorus.
The song is about taking selfies, and going on lavish trips and shit for the Insta, but the language barrier and the electrifying chorus keep it sounding from too cynical.
Alexander Pal, plays the main charach brings it all together with his chain-smoking and "I Am Beyond Dead Inside" Eyes, and it sells the notion that this is all a little "off". Also, that lead in to the final chorus is so perfect. Naishuller knows how to give transitions a bigger impact, and his calling is these shorter features, if he's going to be this ambitious and intense with his concepts. Then, a piano explodes.
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JAM OF THE WEEK: 8/26/2018
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Ju-Ju" by Leningrad
A friend on Facebook linked this video saying it had "a very Shadowrun vibe to it". Now, as some of you may know, I've been getting DOOOOWWWWN on that Shadowrun goodness with the new games by Harebrained Schemes. For those of you further behind, Shadowrun is basically cyber punk but with fantasy races. Like, Orcs that can hack into shit and Elves that control robots.
The music video was directed by Ilya Naishuller, who's best known for the movie "Hardcore Henry", and is his first foray into animation. A cyberpunk tale of woeful ambition over a song about people who aren't happy with they have. Though I don't know how a good a Peugeot is, but singer doesn't give a fuck, so I guess they're OK, I guess?
While the video is cool, the acoustic guitar on this song SLAPS. The bass and drums are still there, but they only come in to accentuate the low notes at the end in the riff. Sometimes the sound effects in the music video help out, like when the white haired woman hacks the car, and that SLAM goes into the chorus.
"Ju-ju" has to be one of my favorite music videos of this decade because of how well it all ties together, even though I know jack shit about the band, the language, or the culture.
A friend on Facebook linked this video saying it had "a very Shadowrun vibe to it". Now, as some of you may know, I've been getting DOOOOWWWWN on that Shadowrun goodness with the new games by Harebrained Schemes. For those of you further behind, Shadowrun is basically cyber punk but with fantasy races. Like, Orcs that can hack into shit and Elves that control robots.
The music video was directed by Ilya Naishuller, who's best known for the movie "Hardcore Henry", and is his first foray into animation. A cyberpunk tale of woeful ambition over a song about people who aren't happy with they have. Though I don't know how a good a Peugeot is, but singer doesn't give a fuck, so I guess they're OK, I guess?
While the video is cool, the acoustic guitar on this song SLAPS. The bass and drums are still there, but they only come in to accentuate the low notes at the end in the riff. Sometimes the sound effects in the music video help out, like when the white haired woman hacks the car, and that SLAM goes into the chorus.
"Ju-ju" has to be one of my favorite music videos of this decade because of how well it all ties together, even though I know jack shit about the band, the language, or the culture.
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