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CMU Approved
Approved: Selebrities
By Aly Barchi | Published on Wednesday 15 February 2012
What with Chairlift, Nite Jewel and John Maus hitting their respective strides just as the soundtrack to road heist ‘Drive’ veers toward cult status, it appears the 1980s aesthetic is – musically speaking, at least – back in style. US trio Selebrities, too, are apt to mine this most unabashedly brash of pop troves – all slowdowns, sleaze and self-serving electric guitar solos – having released an album to that approximate effect in their 2011 debut ‘Delusions’.
The band’s new single ‘Night Heat’, which stands apart from the LP, could easily be taken for the theme from the Canadian cop drama (need I say more) from which it steals its title. A suave embodiment of what the band themselves characterise as “voguish summertime goth”, singer Maria Usbek’s acerbic sigh saunters in to coax the track’s smoke-and-mirrors mirage back into contemporary focus, thus rendering it more clever pastiche than new wave knock-off.
Set for release via Cascine on 20 Mar, you can experience ‘Night Heat’ in the here and now. And look, there’s even a colour-coordinated video, as directed by Selebrities’ own Jer Robert, to match.
