Kevin Bronson on May 29th, 2013

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Songwriter Robert Fleming’s now-out-of-the-bedroom project Victory made its full-length debut in April with “Victory Is Music,” a declarative that rings true over the album’s 10 tracks of groove-laden, electro-tinged blues. All kinds of influences come to mind – Spoon, Beck, the Dandy Warhols – but what Victory has done is mind its songs, keeping them concise, smart and often lean. Director Cameron Dutra (who’s done videos for Foxygen and Cayucas) takes the song “Bad Man” to the lot of a Long Beach used car dealership, where an odd assortment of characters help Fleming, bassist Dave Beste and drummer Shannon Rutherford close the deal.

||| Live: Victory plays Friday night at El Cid.

||| Previously: “Woman,” “Kickers” video, “Kickers”