VIDEO MAGIC :: very amazed edition

I Break Horses :: Hearts

dir. Alex Southam

There isn’t much to say about the musical duo of Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck from Stolkholm other than that they are probably going to be one of the biggest exports from Sweden in the very near future. Their debut single Hearts is a huge electronic shoe gaze wonder, building and building to an amazingly epic finale. The melody in the beginning sounds a lot like the beautiful song Bolan Muppets by Canadian duo Glissandro 70, which I mean more as a compliment than anything else. Laid over the drum beat and static, it sounds like an uplifiting aria of sorts. When Maria’s vocal enter the mix, the song becomes a hazy, shimmering tour de force. Then, more distortion, and the song takes on a huge scope, mixing the rough sensibilites of groups like Little Girls or earlier Wavves tracks while mainting the driving tone reminiscent of Fuck Buttons. The Hearts 12” single is due out the 18th of July, with a B side remix of the single by Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers. Assuredly, it’s huge.

This video, directed by Alex Southam of oof, is absolutely beautiful and plays with the jerks, quirks, and complexities of the song very well. Looking very forward to hearing more from these two in the future.

Pre-order the 12” record here. You’re going to want this one in the collection.