Stereogum Home

 

January 5, 2009

New +/- {Plus Minus} Video - "Unsung"

thumbnail icon: New +/- {Plus Minus} Video - "Unsung"

With "Snowblind," +/- {Plus Minus} showed us they weren't afraid of dramatic, narrative video treatments. Same goes for X's On Your Eyes's slighter "Unsung," which sadly isn't a Helmet cover. What it is is a sweet song accompanied by a David Lobser-directed video starring Alice In Wonderland with a pierced nose and a forlorn look along with her inexpressive White Rabbit and a helpful Jiminy Cricket that leads her to an hidden surprise -- which makes her mushroom-tea party a bit more exciting.

Xs On Your Eyes is out via Absolutely Kosher.

Posted at 6:03 PM by brandon in
Tags:




12 Comments

Charles

alice in wonderland much?

Posted by: Charles profile link at 01/05/09 10:18 PM | Reply
Score = -3 Vote up Vote down
keithedward

Say what you want about the video, but +/- don't get near enough credit for being a truly great band.

Posted by: keithedward profile link at 01/05/09 10:26 PM | Reply
Score = 3 Vote up Vote down

Agreed! Xs On Your Eyes is one of my favorites this year. And they keep getting better and better with every album.

Posted by: Nate in reply to keithedward's comment at 01/06/09 10:29 AM | Reply
Score = 2 Vote up Vote down
keithedward

Say what you want about the video, but +/- dont get near enough credit for being a truly great band.

Posted by: keithedward profile link at 01/05/09 10:32 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

glorious

Posted by: paulbrown at 01/06/09 2:36 AM | Reply
Score = 3 Vote up Vote down
Deezey

That chick looks like she would be totally into me.

Posted by: Deezey profile link at 01/06/09 7:09 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

It's definitely a tribute to 'Alice In Wonderland'. There are so many elements of this movie.

Posted by: Grabmale at 01/06/09 9:05 AM | Reply
Score = 3 Vote up Vote down
Sexual Robotics

Mark it up as another +/- song that I'm into.

Posted by: Sexual Robotics profile link at 01/06/09 1:46 PM | Reply
Score = 4 Vote up Vote down

I think the video is great, love the fantasy style of it all. Also, isn't Alice going out of copyright soon, so we can all use it without paying for licensing?

Posted by: linda at 01/06/09 2:06 PM | Reply
Score = 2 Vote up Vote down

Great song, cool video, liked the narrative element & surprise ending, especially no gravity cars!

Posted by: Sue at 01/07/09 7:47 PM | Reply
Score = 1 Vote up Vote down

Alice has great gams.

Posted by: superdog at 01/12/09 2:53 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down
Mr_Blue_Angel_Dood

The lady is very cute especially with that outfit.

Posted by: Mr_Blue_Angel_Dood profile link at 01/13/09 3:58 PM | Reply
Score = 2 Vote up Vote down

Leave a comment


Staff

  • Founder/Editor-In-Chief: Scott Lapatine
  • Executive Editor: Amrit Singh
  • Senior Writer: Brandon Stosuy

Info

Contact

Get Flash to see our mp3 player. Here are our mp3s: Cold Cave - Life Magazine (»)
Pants Yell! - Cold Hands (»)
Bill Quick - Take Me Away (»)
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Wallpaper's Mariah Mashup) (»)
Air - Sing Sang Sung (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix) (»)
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For (»)
Vampire Weekend - Horchata (»)
Small Black - Kings Of Animals (»)
Max Tundra - Which Song (Passion Pit Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - Theme From Tomorrowland (»)
Tegan And Sara - Hell (»)
Jeff The Brotherhood - Bone Jam (»)
Mount Eerie - Wind's Dark Poem (»)
Tigercity - Fake Gold (»)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (»)
Drink Up Buttercup - Even Think (Andrew W.K. Remix) (»)
Florence And The Machine - You've Got The Love (The xx Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - The Laurels of Erotomania (»)
Jookabox - Phantom Don't Go (»)
Jookabox - You Cried Me (»)

Progress Report logo
Commercial Appeal logo
Premature Evaluation logo
Band to Watch logo
Quit Your Day Job logo
The Outsiders logo
The 'Gum Drop logo