Miami Horror are constantly whetting our appetite for sublime, dreamlike, and transcendent imagery paired with shimmering indie-electro tracks (remember all the incredible album artwork and videos?)… now we’re insatiable!

Thankfully, the latest on-screen delight has arrived. The video is an online exclusive as Echoplex isn’t an official single – but it’s a sun-drenched, blissed-out hit nonetheless.

Featuring several lovely VICE Mag styled ladies frolicking underwater and exploring their sisterhood, we present you with Echoplex…

Illumination has been unleashed & is available through our sister store The In Song, iTunes, JB Hi-Fi, Sanity, and ye olde local record shoppe.

Miami Horror are currently one of the most talked about bands on the net since the release of their #10 debut album Illumination on August 20. Everyone from NME to Pitchfork are talking about them and loving it! Now we get, from the man himself, a look inside the album and Miami Horror’s story plus an in-depth track by track of what went on behind the writing and recording of each of the songs on the album.

Perfectly titled, the debut LP from Melbourne’s mastermind electro-producer Benjamin Plant, is really a shining beacon of talented production and creativity, illuminating the path for Australian house/electro to make its way to the forefront of the music industry. The transition from a one man creation to a full-band, sees Miami Horror drift away from the endless loop that is the solo electro artist to a more enlightened (the last pun on the title I swear!) musical endeavour. The end result is a left wing pop record, that flourishes with absorbing synth and retro-disco of 70’s and 80’s pop.

After the numbingly transient opener Infinite Canyons the listener is greeted by the disco/funk grooves of I Look to You with the tender vocals of Melbourne singer Kimbra; really sets the albums fuller, more sonorous effect. It becomes apparent that the four years of work that went into this record were not wasted. The following tracks Sometimes and Moon Theory, which were the first dribbles of the album that the general public were able to grasp, further display the band’s subversion of the electro/house genre with lush arrangements and the flawless inter-mingling of electronic and acoustic instruments, rivalled only by the smooth electric guitar lines in the ornate album book-end Summersun.

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Already loved by Triple J requesters, here’s a first look at their new video featuring Kimbra who sings those ethereal, beautiful lyrics:

For behind the scenes photos from the video shoot, head to Miami Horror’s facebook page.

The guys released their album Illumination on Friday – buy it on iTunes now and you can get a remix by Ben of the entire album called Lucid Stream - it’s HUGE.

Miami Horror, Melbourne’s favourite psychedelic indie-electronic adventurers, have just received a 4 star review for their debut album Illumination in Brag this week – and that’s only setting the scene for what’s to come. How can it not be 4 stars when it has Sometimes, Moon Theory and I Look To You already as club, triple j and festival hits!?

All the album artwork is truly spectacular also…

You can now hear a preview of the album with track-by-track artwork here:

…or go to miamihorror.com for a live countdown, full album live interactive u-stream with appearances from the Miami boys, and pre-orders. Also make sure you find out how to be part of the album launch in their home town!

At last the Miami Horror guys reveal their new video for Moon Theory.

As Pedestrian describe it:

Miami Horror’s cinematic clip for single “Moon Theory” features a sexy Marlboro Man on a desert adventure who experiences an excellent case of synaesthesia and finds the alien mothership. Just another Friday night.

…which I love. make up your own mind!

Moon Theory is available now with the hot club remix from Sam La More which is fast climbing the club charts. Grab it here.

Looking at iTunes… it seems that if you like Art vs Science, The Presets, Calvin Harris, M.I.A, La Roux, Pnau and Groove Armanda you’re into this!

So what happened to the couple at the end of the Miami Horror Sometimes clip? Did they live happily ever after in the dome thing? Did some kind of prehistoric flying creature come down and steel them for baby flying creature food or did they just continue to stare into the distance for a bit, then head back to the beach, get back into their boat and head back to where ever it was they came…

Well the answers to this and many more questions may or may not be answered in the Moon Theory video but it’s definitely going to be amazing.

Check out the preview for Miami Horror’s new video for Moon Theory.

Moon Theory is out now at our sister store The In Song.

In clubs across Australia, and now on TheInSound, here is a very cool remix of Miami Horror’s single Moon Theory by none other than Sam La More.

Miami Horror – Moon Theory (Sam La More Remix) by theinsound

The guys have just announced a headline tour along side their Groovin The Moo and now Splendour appearance.

Moon Theory is available now and if you buy it from our sister store The In Song you will get a bonus track of a Sometimes (Shazam Remix) which is in very high rotation on my iPod!

If you’ve not heard today’s incredible 10th anniversary Splendour In the Grass lineup, have you not a computer / radio / phone / ears / eyes????

OK so camping tickets are $450 (ouch), but we’ve done the math & it turns that makes each set $5.55… Five and half bucks to heard the new LCD album live!? The full lineup is below, with our favourite acts on the LHS. (Full disclosure, they’re all ours!)

In your pre-Splendour research mode, we’re willing to help you out even further by giving you:

• Laura Marling Ltd Edn I Speak Because I Can CD/DVD with 5 free downloads, postcard artwork, and lyrics booklet
• Jonsi blockmounted poster featuring Go album art
• Operator Please signed 7″ vinyl of Logic / Logic (Dolby Anol Remix)
• Ben Harper & Relentless7 signed blockmounted poster featuring White Lies… art
• Gorillaz limited edition Plastic Beach CD/DVD
• Hot Chip One Life Stand double gatefold vinyl
• Goldfrapp Headfirst collector’s edition cassette

Just head to our sister store at theinsong.com/splendour, buy any of the singles or albums to receive competition details, and tell us in 25 words or less how you plan to warm up for Splendour.

As those that listen to Triple J Breakfast this morning would know Miami Horror have a announced a May/June tour AND new single titled Moon Theory and it’s HOT. Missed it? you can hear it here:

AND get online now at The In Song and you can pre-order Moon Theory and get a free, unreleased, remix from Perth maestro Shazam of their 1st single which EVERYONE loves Sometimes.

The Moon Theory tour will preview new material from their album due out later this year, and will be the perfect chance to experience Moon Theory live… I saw it at Falls and loved it!

Moon Theory Tour Dates:

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