Pardon the bludgeon

Since when did squeaky clean synth wavers The Bravery get all dirty on us? Regardless, their latest single’s video is far more intriguing than any of their previous work (though I still maintain ‘An Honest Mistake’ is a brilliantly catchy song). The totally not safe for work ‘Hatefuck’ video was directed by The Bravery bass player Michael Hindbert and features his emaciated sister and his brother in law. Both wearing gas masks, the couple fool around in a grainy night vision spotlight in their underwear in the video. The girl is depicted as mercilessly seductive, and cleverly tricks the guy into seduction only to bludgeon him with a knife. But wait! There’s more. A school of stop-motion mermaid barbies that were spawned like sea monkeys earlier in the video now swim eerily from the bathroom and slip inside the man’s wounds as he writhes in agony. Meanwhile, this plot is interspersed with shots of the band playing; there’s the synth player in the bath, the guitarist playing pantless on a bed, and the drummer in a closet. It’s a pretty disturbing video to watch, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. And that explains why ‘Hatefuck’ isn’t the lead single for their new album Stir The Blood, it is, in fact, the more sedate trademark song ‘Slow Poison’. The band starts its US tour tonight in Denver at the Ogden Theatre, see their myspace for further dates. Stir The Blood will be out November 10 on Island Records.

The Bravery- An Honest Mistake (The Lemur Blog Uptempo Edit): MP3

The Bravery- Myspace

 

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