pic of the week — bright tomorrow
Above pic via Magda Lates
Yeah, I know. There’s nothing “bright” about this shot. Pairing this picture up with Fuck Buttons “Bright Tomorrow” was erm, inspired (or better yet, blatantly copied) by the video for the track which Pitchfork “exclusively” posted this week. I’ve always loved pictures like this; a moment of life at full speed captured and suspended in time.
The backbone of “Bright Tomorrow” is defined by a trance-y ambient loop a la The Field combined with a chugging, driving beat. To that the Bristol-based duo of Benjamin Power and Andrew Hung add swirling noisy guitars (enter the swirling birds in the video), ethereal melodies, sonic textures, and indecipherable screams. The song manages to be “dark” and “bright” at the same time, with the violent guitars casting a shadowy gloom over the trance beats and blissful organ melodies that reach up toward the sky. Without getting into comparisons (and to use two of this year’s favorites), think No Age meets The Field, or something like that.
Not really sure the picture does the video justice, so be sure to check it out. Fuck Buttons release the full-length Street Horrrsing in February 2008 on ATP Recordings and hopefully tour the U.S. soon after.
[MP3]: Fuck Buttons ”Bright Tomorrow”
Bright Tomorrow 7″ (picture disc), ATP; 2007
