The video for Phèdre's "In Decay" is an amalgam of strange imagery-- odd floral arrangements, empty lobster husks, headdresses, ultra-goopy goo poured all over faces and bodies-- filtered through a warped-VHS sheen. And the visual accompaniment fits the actual song like a glove. "In Decay" is a mutant hybrid of several different types of sounds-- of Montreal's freaked-out glam, the AM-radio baritone blur of Ariel Pink, and a dash of the cheekiness contained in Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love", for good measure-- but it's Phèdre's charming mash of these signifiers that make the song rise above mere pastiche.

[from Phèdre; out 02/14/12 via Daps]