I’m currently obsessed with this song! I think it’s absolutely infectious.
Because my friend just got a new cat and named her Ophelia…and I just like this video and his ever so subtle dance moves 🙂
But I love this song…and this video.
And I just like this performance.
I love the focus on architecture and form in this video. Not to mention the quirky lyrics…
I saw Future Islands perform at Pitchfork Musical Festival in Chicago recently, and not only can I not get their music out of my head, I also can’t get enough of these dance moves…Samuel T. Herring has the talent and the charisma. It was such a fun show.
For more of these stellar dance moves, check out this full concert posted by NPR Music.
The references to bull fighting in this video remind me of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, which I think is a great summer read. This song doesn’t seem quite intense enough for a bull fight, but I suppose the slow motion in which we see the bull fighter fall to his fate matches the song’s slow tempo. Either way, I thoroughly enjoy this song.
There’s something about this song that embodies summer for me. I don’t like to dance, but as the lyrics suggest, “Dancing on, do the boogie all night long” is a sentiment that comes to mind when I hear this song.
Because it’s Valentine’s Day and because I love this video, cheers to the day of love.