Kevin Bronson on January 7th, 2013

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The self-titled debut last year from the U.K.’s Django Django was a psych-pop gem, melding New Wave and the ’60s in a way that hadn’t quite been done. “Hand of Man” seems almost like an interlude on the album, a gentle, 2 1/2-minute strum, but it shows the enduring power of well-crafted harmonies. The video, award-winning director John Maclean – brother of Django Django drummer/producer Dave Maclean – reveals itself equally powerful. Says the director:

“Filmed on black and white super-8 stock. The end of great things. The party was the last day in our friend’s building which will inevitably be knocked down to make way for more dodgy flats with tiny triangle balconies – art, film and music studios destroyed to make way for fast-buck housing developers pricing the working classes and the artists out of central London. The end of film developers and Kodak film stock. And the beginning of great things, Django Django, the spirit of youth, integrity finding a way to live forever, and fresh bread.”

||| Live: Django Django returns to the U.S. in March, including a date March 23 at the Fonda Theatre.