Video View: Justice, Metronomy and The Presets

Hi, I'm Nate Lanxon and you're watching Encoded's music video show. This week we have: old-school logos, full Lycra bodysuits and naked man-wrestling.

First up is the latest video from Parisian electro types Justice, who have once again teamed up with their friend So Me to produce some Michelin-starred eye candy for you, me and indeed everyone.

The video for 'DVNO' takes you on a typographic adventure through logo-land. Words from the song are incorporated into familiar TV station identifications from the 70s and 80s. 

The eagle-eyed among you should be able to pick out the logos for 20th Century Fox, NBC and HBO. And the ending is a send up of the Stephen J Cannell Productions' branding, which fans of the A-Team should recognise.

Our next promo this week keeps us locked in the realm of electro and comes from London three-piece Metronomy.

'My Heart Rate Rapid' is the first single to be taken from the band's forthcoming second album, and is released on April 7th.

The video features three androgynous Lycra-clad creatures writhing around to the strains of Metronomy's wonky pop, and no matter how hard I stare at their crotches, I just can't work out if they're dudes or chicks. I think I'll file this one under 'weird for the sake of weird'.

Finally this week it's the new video from Australian synth poppers The Presets, whose latest single 'This Boy's In Love' comes out at the end of April.

The video was directed by photographer-turned-video-maker Casper Balslev, who's opted for all the usual music video tricks... flashy lights? Check. Smoke machine? Check. Slow motion? Check. All of the above, at the same time? Hella to the yes!

It's all quite homoerotic, what with all the boy-flesh knocking around, and the attentive slow tracking. The moody-lit set really deserves more than a 3-inch YouTube screen to show it off, so luckily you can head over to casperbalslev.com and watch the whole thing in sexy high res!

That's it from me until next week, so until then, if your balslevs itch, make sure you apply cream. Bye.