Clean Bandit are a group who match their classical training with fresh, bass-driven pop and hip hop leanings and soulful melodies, and it’s safe to say there aren’t many groups putting out music right now that could be said to be doing the same.
Not to mention, the quartet’s brand new video, for the ludicrously fun track A&E, is unlikely to be like any other you’ve watched in recent memory. As gold-painted dancers make their way through the barren streets of London pursued by a cartoon metallic snake, driven by band members who pull intensely meaningful expressions over violins, a sub-plot features vocalists singing in the midst of a tropical greenhouse. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but great pop music often doesn’t – and something about this is great.
Black Butter Records will release ‘A&E’ on the 25th November, 2012.
