Today's band is The Battle Royale from Minneapolis. Though it might not look like it from their laid back photo, these kids know how to get their dance on. If Todd Fink of The Faint adapted the vocal stylings of Q And Not U, you would have The Battle Royale. Or well, you would have half of their newer album, "Wake Up, Thunderbabe," which was released in January to much blogosphere acclaim. They've got a slightly dark dance-pop electronica thing going on, with just the right amount of dissonance in their vocals to make you feel like "hey, these guys are pretty chill." In a somewhat distinct contrast, the other half of the album is more folk-rock than dance-pop, somewhere between The Arcade Fire and The Flaming Lips.And if you don't believe that they know how to get their dance on, watch this fun but slightly disturbing homage-to-the-'80s video for the song Oh Martha from their debut album, "Sparkledust Fantasy" (warning: minor nudity)
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