Afternoon Aural: Empire of the Sun
 
 

When we first saw Empire of the Sun perform we thought that maybe the Radical Faeries had started up a pop outfit, but these guys aren't faeries, they're Australian. Walking on a Dream" is their big hit at the moment and fully embraces the current Oz 80's synth pop sound that we here at Queerty keep telling you is the next big thing.

 
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No. 1 · dgz

i really don't mind this song. nice work. video's cool.

one thing: a lot of this 80s synth pop stuff is too treble. a little bass would really help this track. pyramid sound, peeps.

Posted: Jan 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm
No. 2 · James

Love the Oz scene

Have you seen/heard these yet?

The Presets – This Boy's In Love – slightly homoerotic video-clip too

Pnau – Embrace

Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars

Muscles – Ice Cream

Van She – Kelly

Posted: Jan 9, 2009 at 7:11 pm
No. 3 · Eminent Victorian

Personally, I think thought this was horrible. Bad Fischer-Spooner retread. But they were on the BBC's list of big new acts for 2009, so I guess we're doomed.

Posted: Jan 9, 2009 at 7:18 pm
No. 4 · dairyqueen

Not bad, better than this shit that is coming out of our country

Posted: Jan 9, 2009 at 9:05 pm
No. 5 · Japhy Grant

@Eminent Victorian: Yeah, we saw that too. Also, Frankmusik, Little Boots and La Roux, which have all be Morning or Afternoon Aural's recently. I dunno how Casey Spooner would feel knowing you think Empire of the Sun sounds like him though :)

Posted: Jan 9, 2009 at 9:19 pm
No. 6 · Japhy Grant

@Eminent Victorian: Also, apologies for the wholly unnecessary editorial "we". Just a habit.

Posted: Jan 9, 2009 at 9:36 pm
No. 7 · Larry

I didn't care much for the song, but the filming in Shanghai and Hmong jewelry are cool.

Posted: Jan 10, 2009 at 3:56 pm
No. 8 · seitan-on-a-stick

This gives hope that any queer can be a star!

Posted: Jan 10, 2009 at 6:50 pm
No. 9 · David Hauslaib

Of course "The City" had to co-opt everything that is good in life; "Walking on a Dream" was sampled in this week's episode. But good exposure for these guys.

They've got two more tracks on their MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/empireofthesunsound

Posted: Jan 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
No. 10 · brandon

i love that this genre is starting to become more mainstream, here is the blog that i get a lot of this kind of music from http://this.bigstereo.net/

Posted: Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 pm
No. 11 · Mick

i knew about this indie shit for a while

Posted: Jan 13, 2009 at 11:00 pm
No. 12 · casey spooner

I love this Empire of The Sun song and all the great stuff coming out of OZ.
I think it's super. I need more of this kinda stuff.

Have you seen or heard of SSION. They are from Kansas and another big favorite.
I feel like these are my children. And I am proud.

C

Posted: Jan 16, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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