Blog: Stereogum

The BBC picked Empire Of The Sun to be a 2009 Breakout Act . The Australian duo were already hitting buzz marks when they released their " Walking On A Dream " video in '08 with "Sleepy Jackson's Luke Steele and PNAU's Nick Littlemore" affixed, but it's easier picking breakout bands that way. (My prediction: Animal Collective in '09.) In the last video the duo were visiting Shanghai. In this new Josh Logue-directed clip, we find them trekking to Garcia, Xilitla, and the Icamole Desert, Mexico, where they're dressed like MGMT Day Of The Dead Mummers. You'll understand the [...]