Seraphina Lotkhamnga on February 17th, 2012

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“You can’t spell ‘Shangri-La’ without L.A.,” says zany synth-pop band YACHT on their blog, and their new music video for the title track of their record “Shangri-La” is a purely an ode to the City of Angels. Core members Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans then continue to go deep in to their philosophy that claims utopia is not defined by physical location and is, rather, a mental state.  However, they do interject their fluid thoughts to add “But it doesn’t hurt when that place is already Los Angeles.” This is all very much to the point of gushing about their newly adopted hometown considering the fact that YACHT originated in Portland, Ore., but it also isn’t very surprising to hear that Bechtolt and Evans are the type of people who embrace the chaos to find their own personal heaven on earth. What is surprising then? This may be their most subdued music video yet in support of “Shangri-La.”

||| Download: “Dystopia” and watch its joint video (with “Utopia”) after the jump.

||| Live: YACHT plays March 15 and 16 at SXSW.