Most of the time, simplicity rules. As a debut single this is very, very impressive deep house with a real soulful feel.
Granted, this is not my go-to genre of music. I can't call myself a scholar or even a devout student. But I like what I like and this is my blog so I am sharing it.
Still, I almost would not have discovered this track due to poor visual choices.
The first video for it was just meh. Released over a year ago, if this video below had been my introduction to the track I might not have heard the whole song. The video actually subdues the bounce which is too bad because it looked expensive to shoot.
Maybe skip it and keep reading and come back to it at the end and you will see what I mean.
Then in October of this year they released the next video below for the club edit. The methodology, as astutely observed by one Youtube commenter, was "ass, ass everywhere".
Again - it looks expensive but if this had been my introduction I honestly might have watched it to the end for the exquisite as..um...shots of Tel Aviv.
But I still would have been unmoved by the music. This video keeps the viewer outside of the fun. This video says - this song is not really for you.
So again, maybe skip this video for now and come back to it if you want at the end.
Thankfully, whoever is working with Ben Pearce believes in this track and they kept making videos for it. THIS video below is the one I just saw yesterday and I have now listened to it ten times.
The video makes you feel like you could be part of this party. It doesn't look expensive - heck, a lot of it is out of focus - but it does look like a lot of fun and that is what I look for in a dance track.
WATCH THIS ONE FIRST:
If I am going get freaky, I want to know that other people are going to go there with me, right?
Seriously, if this doesn't move something in your body you might want to reach for the oil can because you iz rusted.
So thanks for going back to the drawing board for multiple takes, Ben Pearce. I want to come to your next party. If you want to invite the surfer girls too that is okay by me. Just don't forget to invite your friends Sophia Disgrace, Remi Black and that guy in the pink shirt that looks like my brother-in-law. Those are my people.
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