VIDEO: Vivian Girls - "I Heard You Say"

I'm So ColdSpeaking as someone whose day job (let's face it, "career") is in the commercial post-production industry, I can't help but notice how much CRAP there is being flung at me in the form of indie music videos. There have been so, so many music videos being churned out lately that are complete shit. Really unoriginal, low-grade, boring, redundant works made with little to no creative effort or technological skill set. It's sort of exhausting. Furthermore, for an editor, a music video is one of the easiest types of video to output - just cut to the music.

I say all that to emphasize the point that "I Heard You Say" is a fantastic music video. Granted, not every band out there has the budget and resources of such a super popular band as the Viv Girls, but they have never failed to uphold a certain stylistic standard of excellence. They are never lazy or under-produced. Take even the video for "Never Come Around" from Katy Goodman's side project La Sera. Amazing! And the song is arguably mediocre. Point being, even if one dislikes the Vivian Girls' music or taste, it is still possible to appreciate their aesthetic values, which are unflinching:


Vivian Girls - "I Heard You Say"

TOUR: Real Estate dates with Girls, Vivian Girls, Neon Indian...

Real Estate Fall Tour

10-14 Brooklyn, NY - Monster Island Basement ^
10-15 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern @
10-16 Charlotte, North Carolina - The Milestone
10-17 Atlanta, GA - 529 *
10-18 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
10-19 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel * #
10-20 Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary * #
10-21 New York, NY - Pianos (Force Field PR CMJ Day Party)
10-21 New York, NY - Santos Party House (Oh My Rockness CMJ party)
10-22 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands *
10-23 New York, NY - The Delancey (Underwater Peoples Showcase)
10-24 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg (Mexican Summer Showcase)
10-25 New York, NY - The Living Room #
10-30 Storrs, CT - University of Connecticut $
11-02 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's %
11-03 Washington, DC - Black Cat %
11-04 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie %
11-06 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom %
11-07 Boston, MA - Great Scott %
11-09 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore %
11-10 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo %
11-12 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle %

^ with Big Troubles
@ with Andrew Cedermark
* with Japandroids
# with Neon Indian
$ with Vivian Girls
% with Girls

Mmmm. Smell that? CMJ is in the air!


















Real Estate's LP comes out 11/17/09 on Woodsist.

Track list:
1. Beach Comber
2. Pool Swimmers
3. Suburban Dogs
4. Black Lake
5. Atlantic City
6. Fake Blues
7. Green River
8. Suburban Beverage
9. Lets Rock The Beach
10. Snow Days

What happened to "Basement?" While most of us have already been lovin these tracks for a while already, it's still a highly anticipated release. It means we get a super sweet slew of tour dates. It features newly mastered versions of popular faves "Fake Blues" (demo version but on 4 track) "Beach Comber," and a stellar new version of "Atlantic City"(a personal fave) that is slowed-down and tripped-out, and streamable via their MySpace.