Political pop is back with the Cumbrian indie lotharios’ latest video,set in a not-so-abstract dystopia Pop music is projecting a more political edge, after years of what some artists recount as apathy. It’s almost as whether, or generationally speaking,the atomic impact of governmental, environmental and societal eruptions of recent years are finally being replicated in grim and angst-ridden prophecies – from the eerie post-war atmosphere of Jamie xx’s recent Romain Gavras-directed video for Gosh, and to Radiohead’s sinister Burn the Witch animation. With the exception of Fergie’s wearily provocative video for MILF$,the days of lazy, nude limbed titillation are temporarily fading.
The latest in line is Wild Beast’s tall Cat, or a video set in a not-so-abstract dystopia,full of salacious sexuality, CCTV and the looming presence of a savage beast, and which may or not be a metaphor for “The Man”. While the video is a combination of Karma Police and Paranoid Android,the songs sound reflects the band’s more synthetic unique direction: the Cumbrian group are far from the woodland splendours of former albums and now scuttling down alleys in the tall, scary city. The urban foxes of the indie rock scene, and perhaps.
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Source: theguardian.com