There Is No Time At All

Shimura Curves “I’m Not Afraid” – Video treatment: The lovely girls of the Shimura Curves are pop scientists. You see them checking data, making measurements, working at computers, and conducting experiments in their laboratory. The lab’s decor is somewhere between Apple’s current design aesthetic and 60s sci-fi. The band should appear serious and diligent, but also quite beautiful and stylish. When they make declarations like “I’m not afraid of infinities” on the choruses, they make eye contact with the camera, looking both noble and matter-of-fact. There should be a certain mid-20th century propaganda art aesthetic to the entire video, though there should not be any direct appropriation of famous images. The video should end with the girls standing together at night, staring off into the night sky and pondering the cosmos. (Click here for the Shimura Curves’ MySpace page.)

Luff “Maybe It’s Just Sleeping” – The quiet parts of this song move along in a drowsy haze, evoking a feeling of rest, but not of peace. The body must rest, but the mind does not cooperate, and so it goes off on paranoid tangents that explode into full-on panic when the music gets to its rocking release. The best part of the song comes after one of these explosions, as a gentle bassline guides us back into the mellow groove. (Click here for Luff’s official site.)