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.
Afternoon Aural: Empire of the Sun
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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.
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
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.
dairyqueen
Not bad, better than this shit that is coming out of our country
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 🙂
Japhy Grant
@Eminent Victorian: Also, apologies for the wholly unnecessary editorial “we”. Just a habit.
Larry
I didn’t care much for the song, but the filming in Shanghai and Hmong jewelry are cool.
seitan-on-a-stick
This gives hope that any queer can be a star!
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
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/
Mick
i knew about this indie shit for a while
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