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Live Review: WATCH: Beach House 'Lazuli'

17 June 2012 | 9:00 am | Staff Writer

We've spoken about the song, now we're chatting to you about the video and how it draws upon dark stylistic imagery, such as that in Donnie Darko.

The stunning dream pop of BEACH HOUSE's 'Lazuli,' as described HERE, with its sci-fi, sound-effectish keyboard introduction is beautifully complimented by a retro cum space-age film clip.

Think pastel kitchen and explosive eggs juxtaposed against grim junkyard chic, morphing into futuristic triangular graphics. A girl in a sundress spasm-dancing in front of a static TV (not of the plasma variety) is juxtaposed against a red-nosed drunk in a dingy pub wandering zombie-like into a George Lucas landscape towards a burning bright light.

The vivid imagery herein is a mash-up of stylised films such as Donnie Darko, Super 8 and Requiem For A Dream. Watch it in full-screen and bliss out to the lush Beach House. 

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Words by Rebecca McCann.