Wearing their vintage shirts bright, their skinny jeans tight, and their Ray-Bans even at night (except at photo shoots, apparently), England's Late Of The Pier have forcibly declared themselves the new soundtrack of London's glam teenage vampire scene.
Based in Castle Donington on the edge of the National Forest, the erratic electro-jiving foursome are now far away from home, sharing their retro-futuristic blips and burbles with the States on a world tour that culminates at Coachella.
But no matter how widely they travel, their sound is distinctly British. Their paranoid dance-attack jams are straight out of Manchester circa 1983. The songs explore the screwy intersection of nature and science, a phenomenon particularly evident in the title of their break-out single, "Space And The Woods." In the video, technotronic special effects race across organic cosmic backdrops, matching the sonic juxtaposition of running water and pixelated synths. It's like the music video equivalent of a "magic eye." No surprise, then, that the director, Ian Emes, did visuals for Pink Floyd and Duran Duran in their prime.
Watch as Late Of The Pier add the stars to their list of conquests when "Space And The Woods" touches down on Earth.