Considering that the majority of the tunes of electro pop duo Sylvan Esso’s album are straight up dance jams, it makes a surprising amount of sense that their videos have focused more or less solely on that aspect. But unlike the previous one for “Coffee”, the duo and director Remedy decided to cut the story out almost entirely. A music video shoot in the music video shoot, the video for “Play It Right” finds Sylvan Esso and a couple of their North Carolina dance pals cutting a rug pretty much for the whole of the video’s duration. Through total simplicity, magic is made. The duo are thoroughly in their element performing for those not lucky enough to see them up close and personal and the dancers feed organically off of the song’s various elements. “Play It Right” prove just what you can do with a couple good friends, a properly righteous tunes, a camera, and some lights for good measure.
Sylvan Esso’s fantastic debut full length is streaming now over on NPR before its May 13th release on Partisan Records. Listen, then buy it. You’ll be glad you did.
