Empire of the Sun is a relatively new project of PNAU guy Nick Littlemore. Yes, Australia, again. The other guy in EOTS is from The Sleepy Jackson. I known this latter for quite a while now: 2006, Personality was an awesome indie-pop record back then. I think the glam-esque aesthetics come from this side. For EOTS, this means like future-glam or sci-fi glam like…umm…certain parts from The Fifth Element can come to mind, you know, when guys with weird make-up travel on spaceships. Even better, Velvet Goldmine, it’s the story before the movie takes place how Brian Slade was born on a star!

The music is just great. Australian MGMT? Oh, yeah. Everyone loved Walking on a Dream (video). Van She and Sam La More remixed it. I suppose the album’s going to come out this month, titled the same as the single. It’s a bit more psychedelic pop and less electro and stuff. It’s elegant, has an awesome concept, has unity… Actually, it’s a dream-pop/indie-pop record. Seems like this is the other-than-disco line of Australian music that really is on the cutting edge now. I’m thinking of the Van She album. So, to conclude, I really love this record. I don’t like the MGMT, if I have to compare, but I like this. More soulful, better concept and diverse music with unity, very nice stuff. Definetly a must-buy!

Empire of the Sun - Standing on the Shore [zshare] // [ysi]

This entry was posted on Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 7:40 am and is filed under the sleepy jackson, glam pop, empire of the sun, indie pop, australia, pnau.