The Figurines‘ Skeleton is a wonderful indie-pop album. Now, I’m not saying that because there are a few good songs on it, but because it is in fact a wonderful album in a wholistic sense. From start to finish, Skeleton keeps you engaged, mixing things up between pulsing, up-tempo rhythms and more folky and relaxed jaunts. Both ends of the spectrum are held together by a deep respect for the hook that allows anybody to jump aboard and enjoy the fun without needing a degree in pretentioius hipsterology. However, the pop is almost always served up with interesting guitar-work that will help keep even the most jaded shoegazer interested. While I Remember is a decent enough track, many more polished diamonds are buried in the album proper.
As for the video, it’s a stark performance piece. In stop-motion. Yeah, seriously. Again. What’s there looks good, but, honestly, there isn’t much there. Except for the stop-motion. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go stop-motion a bullet into my head.
The video is on sale at iTunes, but is also freely available on the Figurines’ own website. To this, I ask: “Huh?”.
Figurines - I Remember by Lasse Theis Martinussen
Quicktime, via Figurines
Quicktime 7 (iPod Compatible), via SRO
second link (& rss2 feed) are b0rked.
Yep, http://www.shotsringout.com/files/figurines-iremember.mov is not there!
Sorry. It was an old server/new server problem. I guess that file was on our old server. It has been fixed. I’ve punished myself for it.
Maybe cameras only come with stop motion capabilities these days. I think the song is catchy but the video is very lame.