No, not the age old Korean Urban Legend about asphyxiating from a fan stealing your oxygen when your sleeping in a small room. Silly Koreans, those are trolls. I guess that Drew Barrymore movie never made it over seas. (I digress) I’m talking about the disco diva duo. Yes, my new favorite brand of imported audio nostalgia. These girls are amazing. They are fun and sexy sans any of that overt over the top hipster coolness that is so played out these days. You know what I’m talking about. That I care so much that I have to act like I don’t care at all. Does that appeal to anyone outside of high school? Instead we are offered a delicious journey into what could be if… instead of angst, we get curiosity.

Their videos are just as polished as their sound. In Reunited, we get to watch Fan Death dance the safety dance with some of their musical influences.
I love how Pee-Wee Herman looks like what I would imagine Klaus Nomi looking like today.

Their latest video, Cannibal, is subtle yet creepy. Here we see the vulnerability of the indie artist in the modern-day cyber-landscape along with weird techno stalkers (note the VCR…classic) equipped with a compulsive Dargeresque attention to detail. There is no romancing this dude. Screw the sweat pants, did you see his slippers? (shivers) This guy is is the real scary. Who were the old guys locked up in the basement? Speaking of people locked up in the basement, have you seen this movie?

More than anything, I think that Fan Death teaches us that if ABBA where around today they would not need the help of two dorky white guys in order to have careers as pop stars.

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