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Together PANGEA<\/b> just released this music video to promote their new album Badillac<\/i><\/a><\/strong> and kicked off their tour around the US. They created it in the spirit of friendship it would seem. That is: it was created with their friends to be watched by others and their friends.<\/p>\n

A sense of community is apparent from the opening scene of an energetic crowd chanting \u201cOne more song!”. The music begins mildly and the close shots of people\u2019s faces bathed in colorful light syncs really well. These scenes change quickly into more lively interactions and the color gains some lens flares and blinking disco lights. We see friends partying together – laughing, drinking, dancing – in private, in public, and, of course, at a Together PANGEA show. There\u2019s boob-flashing, shotgunning of beers, a dark shot of a Del Taco, and a dude blowing beautiful smoke as two people make out in the background. It\u2019s a very active video, but in tiny spurts that draw attention to a larger lifestyle, and the California they are attempting to capture. What stuck out to me the most was the sense of affection that bleeds through every clip, whether people are shooting beer into each others\u2019 mouths or making funny faces as they rock out. This isn\u2019t just a showcase of debauchery and silliness. It\u2019s a showcase of togetherness. We see a man and a woman hungrily kissing each other, until a guy steps in, drags the man away, and proceeds to hungrily kiss him. Love is just in the air.<\/p>\n

You can infer that it is the music and California itself that brings all these people into this drunken, stumbling, potent fun. As the words \u201cGet wasted \/ And lose best friends\u201d are sung, we see two people clearly enamored with each other. Crowd-surfing. Panties. A gorgeous view of Los Angeles at night from above. The lively, low-fi music and William Keegan\u2019s nasal, scratchy vocals were made to accompany a video like this one. These are scenes and feelings we can all recognize and, more so associate with this band.<\/p>\n

Together Pangea goes on tour February 1st. They\u2019ll be at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on February 14th. Until then, peep the video here:<\/p>\n