MS MR channeling dark weirdness in "Fantasy"

Primed for a 2013 breakout is New York-based indie-pop duo MS MR, who reaches previously unknown heights with the release of their stellar debut track "Fantasy" only a week ago, and have quickly followed up with the brilliant, glitter-puking video for the song and it's pretty fantastic. The track is the first single from their forthcoming full-length debut album, "Second Hand Rapture," is scheduled to grace our ears and dancefloors and mood swings on May 14, should be an absolute monster. Fantasy was a happy find!
And my reality could never live up to my fantasy. If only reality was as beautiful as the way MS MR, lead singer Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow, envision it, but leave it to them to have glitter-vomitting cheerleaders in their video and make it look so magical. MS MR is how they spin darker lyrics and emotions into a sweeping pop tune that can just run and their ability to carry this perspective over into pulsating videos that breathe new life into an already great song. Honestly, who needs reality when we have MS MR to capture such a great fantasy?
"Fantasy," a tense, brooding stormer with a hypnotic chorus, is a dark little jam with smooth vocals and a strong Florence + The Machine feel, without the Gothicness, that's far too powerful to be brought down by an unspectacular video. With each passing drop-off, it's clear that the somewhat mysterious tandem is getting better and better. "Fantasy" is no different, accounting for an undeniably enchanting number focusing in on vocals this go around. Clearly, Plapinger's voice sounds full and lovely, the piano and hand claps are infectious, and it just has the buoyant feel of a well assembled pop song.
Channeling dark Lynchian weirdness in "Fantasy," trading pointed glances from across a diner as cheerleaders vigorously vomiting up glitter in the parking lot outside and the duo singing along in a diner which is a pleasant surprise considering how notoriously mysterious they are. "Shot on location in Jamaica, Queens with talented director Austin Peters, the clip for 'Fantasy' stays true to the main themes and questions behind the track: things we imagine or think we understand are not as they appear. The clip presents a world filled with fantasies gone wrong where the mundane, the surreal and the supernatural are all intertwined and what is real becomes a matter of perspective," MS MR explained.