Angus & Julia Stone | A Heartbreak [VIDEO]

Hiring a top-shelf name to produce your record won't get you anywhere on the name alone. That's not the way it works anymore. Our attention spans are about ten seconds for the unknown, and thirty for the super famous. If it isn't instantly capturing, the public won't absorb it into the zeitgeist. This is why Angus & Julia Stone have their work cut out for them. They managed to sign Rick Rubin on to produce their latest release, which is a big get for a band with a history of only moderate success; whatever you consider "success" as. Skepticism and expectations are both running higher than the current summer temperatures with this album, and to both their and Rubin's credit, this first video release fills the quota. The simplicity of the beat on "A Heartbreak" is made desert-dusted by Rubin, while the urge to harmonize is resisted by the two front people. It works, and in the best possible way, coupled with a video that you just want to live in. Hopefully one day, somewhere, we can all go to a house party with this kind of musical backdrop. Angus & Julia have taken a hefty risk, and so far it's coming up aces. 

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