half•alive’s Brilliant New EP Video (Billions, The Wolf, The Wonder) Is a Surreal Triptych of Music, Dance and Art

The American indie-pop band half•alive ( h•a to their friends) are not a band that you just simply listen to. You really must watch them as well. The video for their new EP (people still make them? Yay!) is a point in case. The songs are Billions, The Wolf and The Wonder. I was afraid that the sound on my device was malfunctioning to begin with, because the visuals of four office workers didn’t quite match up with the “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” intro, but we segue elegantly into the heart of the first song Billions very quickly. I love the dynamic movements here – a little reminiscent of Gener8ion’s Storm in the office scenes (that might just be me) but it was almost as if some of the boys from Storm had grown up (a little) and got themselves jobs! Regardless, this is intensely clever choreography. The YouTube commenters love it. From jokes about the choreography requiring the sacrifice of “several childhood core memories” to comparisons with Severance after a questionable…