Good Weather For Airstrikes

Finishing up the last of my finals, so here’s a quick one.

Equal parts heavenly and dispensable, “Paris” is throwaway pop at its finest. Guitars be shimmering like it ain’t no thing, the percussion’s all over the place and the chorus is huge (just try to look past the cliche-ass lyrics); this is about as pop as indie gets. In fact, it’s a shame to see such a fine slice of summery pop perfection going to waste in the dark days of winter, but you can pretty much count on a major label snapping these guys up and re-releasing the shit out of this come next spring. For now though, it’s a good introduction to the band and a great way for them to generate some solid buzz heading into the new year. So yeah, I like this song, but I’ll like it a whole lot more when I’m rockin’ it with the top down on the way to the beach next summer.

MP3: “Paris” - Friendly Fires [Alternate Link]

The song’s great and all, but Price James went ahead and totally upstaged it with one of the most perfect videos I’ve seen for any song this year. Think of it as a tuxedo in music video form, if you will. So so classy.

Video: “Paris”
Artist: Friendly Fires
Director: Price James
Watch: [YouTube]
Download: [Quicktime • 49 MB] [follow link]

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