Most of Flying Lotus‘s shit to me is something like this: at first you’re not sure what’s going on, so you give it some time. You still don’t know what’s going on, but it’s enough to intrigue you and hold your attention; there are some good ideas flowing that seem to be building to something. Then something happens. You aren’t sure what it is but this is like the big point of the song right here so hold your breath. Get it? Then the rest of the song is like a long exhale, where you’re not sure where it ends or how you’re supposed to feel after. You can’t really describe what you just heard, but it was kind of cool, maybe just because it didn’t make total sense.
So this is like the video version of that.
Some pretty pictures, some really bizarre shit that you think is going somewhere, some interesting ideas flowing around. Then the long exhale. The three featured songs (in order) are: “See Thru to You” (f/ Erykah Badu), “Hunger” (f/ Niki Randa) and “Getting There.”
I like weird shit like this, even if it’s totally self-indulgent and doesn’t have any sort of cohesive narrative. I’m looking forward to being confused by Flying Lotus’s new album of the same name on October 2, maybe even to the point of ordering the sexy ass collector’s edition 180g vinyl. Cause I’m artsy-hipster-retro like that.
