Eli & Fur is one of the most promising acts of the moody and a bit scary subset of pop. And by scary, I don't mean Fever Ray scary. I mean music that just makes you go, "Ooh, dark!... but pretty!" I think some people have settled on the name noir pop, but I can't keep up with genre names. The duo have only graced us with a couple of songs so far (unless I'm wrong which is entirely possible), the really rather brilliant "Sea of Stars" from earlier this year and the possibly even more amazing "Tonight" from not so earlier this year.
They've also just plonked the video for "Tonight" online. It's an old-fashioned smoke and flashing lights affair, but the simple concept works very well in this case and suits the tone of the song perfectly. And you can clearly see that the girls play their own instruments which earns them at least ten points on the authenticity scale, if that sort of thing is important to you (It shouldn't be).
So, to sum it all up, Eli & Fur is incredible and will probably be even more incredible next year. And the video is good. Well done, everyone involved.
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