Darwin Deez Unveils 'You Can't Be My Girl' Video - Watch Now
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
American indie-rockers Darwin Deez and their eponymous frontman have unveiled the brand new music video for their track ‘You Can’t Be My Girl’, out April 8th via Lucky Number.
The new track is taken from the band’s brand new album ‘Songs for Imaginative People’, which hit shelves last week on February 11th. The record was the follow-up to their eponymous debut album, and hit #91 over here in the UK.
Directed by Keith Schofield, the video tells the story of a guy who falls in love with a girl, but he never let’s her know. She’s finds someone else, marries, has children and a wonderful life whilst Darwin remains forever alone.
The entire story is told with the least emotional, most corporate imagery possible - stock footage. And instead of one girl, it's a hundred girls. And, of course, this stock footage was created to inspire happy moments, not tell a sad story of loneliness.
The video is also a parody of ‘found footage’ (Tumblr videos) where the videos are nothing but an endless series of hipster, or supposedly cool and interesting, imagery. Darwin’s is an endless series of banal, corporate b-roll, re-contextualized into a bizarre - but hilarious - music video.
If you’re a fan of the band and this track, make sure you don’t miss them when they hit the UK this April and May. Check the dates and links below the video to find Darwin Deez tickets through Stereoboard.
Fri April 26th 2013 - HMV Ritz, Manchester
Sat April 27th 2013 - Rock City, Nottingham
Mon April 29th 2013 - Norwich Waterfront, Norwich
Tue April 30th 2013 - Leadmill, Sheffield
Wed May 1st 2013 - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
Thu May 2nd 2013 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Sun May 5th 2013 - Liquid Room, Edinburgh
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