Orouni – A Greased and Golden Palm
I don’t normally post a lot of videos, but I have been on the verge of posting some Orouni material for a while. In general I find their output a little inconsistent, but there’s no debating the fact that they have some really excellent songs.
This happens to be one of them: a lovely piece of twee indie-pop, with a nice beat, a catchy chorus and nice, subtle use of female backing vocals to accentuate the chorus. The video is by Marisa Lai and, although I love claymation and this is lovely, I do find that the pace of the two pieces of work (i.e. tune and film) doesn’t quite match up at times and they can feel a little disconnected.
Nevertheless, it’s a really nice animation and a band with a lot of potential and some very good songs – MySpace here, enjoy, and while you’re there check out related project The Limes, particularly the brilliant Dead Furniture.
