Video: Justice: "Stress"
The video for Justice's "Stress" takes the track's title and relentless synth riffs as inspiration and cranks the anxiety level to eleven. We follow a gang of leather-clad hooligans with the Justice cross logos sewn onto their backs as they travel through a city inflicting mayhem for no good reason at all. At points it's hard to watch as they break bottles on people's faces, shove defenseless strangers into corners, and generally go from one random act of senseless violence to the next. It all looks very real, and the location sound through the track only adds to the effect. We're talking about a carjacking (in which they kick in a radio as "D.A.N.C.E." comes on), molotov cocktails-- it's like Grand Theft Auto come to life. Completely insane. The director is Romain-Gavras, though several shots and the overall feel could be an homage to Chris Cunningham. And the capper is who I am crediting for the link: Mr. Kanye West. The clip appeared today on his blog. Thanks to Galen Reeves for the tip.
[from †; out now on Downtown]