It is not every day you see a music video which successfully makes pointed, sly commentary on what constitutes a “sexy” (or, arguably, “shocking”) video and the gross and ridiculous ways women’s bodies are used in music videos by utilizing a potpourri of visual touchstones that encompass Titanic, Star Wars, Ghost and the videos for George Michael’s Faith, Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines and Jennifer Lopez’s I Luh Ya Papi. And those are just the super obvious ones that I caught in the two times I watched it.
But FAIRCHILD, from the Gold Coast, Australia, have pulled it off. Plus the song at the heart of it all, Burning Feet, from the EP of the same name, is a charming pop confection.
http://youtu.be/XDXhKGIS3-w
Here are some of their upcoming shows, if you’d like to go and appreciate them in person:
April 12th – Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast (Gold Coast Suns AFL Match)
April 26th – The Loft, Gold Coast (Oneway Street Unofficial AFTER Party)
May 6th – Baltic Avenue, Toronto (Canadian Music Week)
May 10th – Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto (Canadian Music Week)
May 12th – Cake Shop, New York
May 14th – Rendezvous, Seattle
May 16th – Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles
Hard Rock Cafe, Singapore – May 22nd