The NYC based duo's video for "Wrong Victory" is one hundred percent their finest from their second albumHow Does it Feel,which dropped last year. Featuring singer Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow shrouded on a slowly spinning platform, the pair slowly strip away the layers to get the the flesh, to get to the grist. Sonically—even with the strings and that sinuous bass—it's MS MR doing minimalist modern pop. Plapinger's vocal curves around the melody and huskily cracks in all the right places—particularly three quarters of the way through as she nears the final climactic bar.MS MR had this to say about their eerie short: "We’ve been dreaming of this video ever since we finished writing 'Wrong Victory.' The heart of the song is about the struggle and tension in attempting to escape yourself in order to find your truest self. We wanted to linger on the lyric'When your skin doesn’t feel like home' and use it as an opportunity to literally and figuratively explore the masks we wear and the layers we hide behind until we're left to our most raw form."Watch the video below and check out the behind the scene snaps—which look they're pulled straight from Toilet Paper Magazine.Photos by Robert Lindholm:CreditsDirector: Mafalda MilliesDirector of Photography: Frank LarsonStylist: Alexandra CronanCostume Design: Annina PfuelStills: Robert LindholmMake up Art: Anastasia DurasovaMS MR Tour Dates4/23 – Maitland, Australia – Groovin the Moo4/24 – Canberra, Australia – Groovin the Moo4/25 – Oakbank, Australia – Groovin the Moo4/28 – Sydney, Australia – Metro Theatre4/29 – St. Kilda, Australia – Prince Bandroom4/30 – Bendigo, Australia – Groovin the Moo5/1 – Annandale, Australia – Groovin the Moo5/3 – Newstead, Australia – The Rosemount Hotel5/5 – North Perth, Australia – The Triffid5/7 – Bunbury, Australia – Groovin the Moo5/25 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre*5/26 – Saint Louis, MO – The Pageant*5/27 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre*5/29 – Toronto, CA – The Phoenix Concert Theatre*5/30 – Toronto, CA – The Phoenix Concert Theatre*6/1 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia*6/2 – Boston, MA – House of Blues*6/18 – Chicago, IL – Taste of Randolph**supporting Bloc Party
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