Music to Run Away To

Krafty screen capture from animero.com: escape and exhiliration.

Sometime back, I wrote about New Order's forthcoming single, "Krafty". A while later, I wrote about escapism. Uncannily, these two themes converge in the music video for the said single (watch it here; Flash 7 required). It echoes what I said about running away with a free-spirited female companion. As a representation of that personal fantasy, the video is somewhat oversexed, but as a promo for the new wave veterans, I think it may just take them into the UK Top Ten. This is the kind of music video I like: straightforward, unadorned, with one key gimmick / characteristic (here, it's the rotating POV). I thought the song was bland until I watched this, and got all goosebumpy when the couple kissed and the guitars burst into the mix.

More pop music gushery: The Tears have released a teaser of their first single, "Refugees". It's lovely, apart from Brett's irritating mispronunciation of 'leaves' as 'leafs'. This song, too, is about escaping--as was much of Suede's repertoire.

On the local front, I've just received two Wallwork releases in the mail, in what could possibly be my first ever mail order. I've known Nick for years, but never really bothered to check his current band out until a friend raved about them over dinner one day.

And myself? Having completed "To Elizabeth", I've been working on another piece called "Living History". The only thing I'll say about it for now is a word that seems endemic to music journos when describing songs of this sort: widescreen. Watch this space.