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For once, before we get into the band, let's take a minute to acknowledge how cool the video is. As far as I can tell, "Let Me Drive" by Winter Gloves (directed by Benjamin Weinstein) is as lo-fi, lo-budge, no-tech as a thing can be. And yet it's loaded with special effects. The whole video -- including performance clips, surreal unicorn-lady inserts and dance sequences -- plays out on a series of flipbooks.

Within seconds you forget the thumbs that are making the magic happen, and see only the frame-by-frame animated action. I suppose it's basically the same thing as a regular animated video, but somehow seeing the actual pages flip by makes it that much more incredible.

Moving on. Winter Gloves. Who are they? What began as the pet project of a mysterious guy called Charles F, who kept the lonely out of his Montreal apartment by playing music, has since bloomed into a full band. Now a four-piece, they've toured with Tokyo Police Club, You Say Party! We Say Die! and Beast, to name a few, on the strength of quirky, glitchy singles like "Party People" and "About a Girl." They sound kinda like a much happier, more gregarious version of The Postal Service. Does that sound like something you can get into? Watch the sweet video below and find out!

Tags Beast, The Postal Service, Tokyo Police Club, Winter Gloves, You Say Party We Say Die