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We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of itĪlways pushing up the hill, searching for the thrill of it Other characters populate the stage during different songs, some of which look like a cross between Parliament Funkadelic costumes and Emperor Palpatine ‘s Royal Guards in Return of the Jedi that you can see during their performance of “We Are the People.” During “Walking On a Dream,” the scene is less militaristic and the geisha-like dancers evoke a dreamy vibe that had all the revelers in the crowd fully immersed, at times almost seeming to bridge the gap between performer and the crowd as everyone one appeared to be swept up during the chorus of the song when Luke’s beautiful falsetto emerges after the pre-chorus, singing about the rapturous feeling of human connection:

For example, the Sci-Fi Futurism of the cover is brought to life on stage with Luke Steele fully in character as the Emperor of his imaginary Empire. Either way, what they brought to the stage on Saturday night was an intoxicating dose of musical theatricality and fantasy that I truly did not expect to witness. Let me start of by saying that I wasn’t so sure what their live set would entail since what I heard/read of their performances in Los Angeles late in 2010 were not very positive, but maybe it is the vibe in the desert that suits them.

However, pursuing the impressions left behind in my noggin after their Saturday night set at Coachella, I am forced to re-assess my overall view of Empire of the Sun and explain how they have evolved (for me) in the aftermath of a weekend in the Desert. After chugging through the first half, I always find I need more patience to embrace tracks like “The World” because of how mellow it is in relation to what precedes it, not necessarily because its a bad song so I usually move forward to “Swordfish Hotkiss Night” and “Tiger By My Side” to bring that upbeat vibe back. The obvious highlights are the first half of the album which includes “Standing on the Shore”, “Walking on a Dream”, “Half Mast”, “We Are the People”, and “Delta Bay” because they all share an obvious connection to each other whereas a few tunes further in almost derail the album due to the pacing of it that slows down and just throws me off my groove. Although the cover is a little silly, the music is infectious as alot of music out of Australia seems to be these days with the output from Modular’s camp and other guys like Captn K of Picnic Records (who I particularly dig and have written about in previous posts). If I hadn’t heard their music first and only saw their album cover I would have thought it was a soundtrack to a Sci-Fi film about an intergalactic empire. After hearing ‘Walking on a Dream’ I tracked down the album and remember thinking how goofy Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore looked on their cover.

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