Loving In Stereo by Jungle

Jungle, the London-based electronic dance combination of childhood friends Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson, cannot make a bad song. Loving In Stereo, the third full-length they’ve created in their short 8 years, is a dancer’s dream. Song after song of music to move by. Picking up exactly where they left off with For Ever, (#28 in 2018), Loving has the duo growing, stretching, and flexing their muscles in all the right ways. They’ve fully taken over the mantle once adorned by acts like Jamiroquai, creating poppy, beat-heavy grooves that are impossible to sit still to.

Loving In Stereo is on YouTube in full, and like Wolf Alice earlier in this countdown, the band has produced a unique music video for (nearly) every song:

“Keep Moving”
“All of the Time”
“Romeo, feat. Bas” (shown above)
“Lifting You” and “Bonnie Hill”
“Fire”
“Talk About It”
“Truth”
“What D’You Know About Me”
“Just Fly, Don’t Worry,” “Goodbye, My Love feat. Priya Ragu,” and “Can’t Stop the Stars”

The duo does not make an appearance in these videos. Lloyd-Watson is actually behind the camera, directing every single one of them with Charlie Di Placido, creative director of the video design house JFC Worldwide. Each video is a single shot, start to finish. The band works with an amazing dance troupe choreographed by Nathaniel Williams and Cece Nama. Together they create these compelling and complex dance scenes set in the interior and grounds of an abandoned building.

If you’ve not yet gotten on the Jungle train, now’s your chance. Loving in Stereo is sure to be loved by anyone who listens to it. So get on – it’s going to be a good ride.

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16. Flying Dream 1 by Elbow
17. Screen Violence by Chvrches
18. Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice
19. Mainly Gestalt Pornography by Pearly Gate Music
20. Peace Or Love by Kings of Convenience
21. These 13 by Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird
22. Mr. Corman: Season 1 by Nathan Johnson
23. Home Video by Lucy Dacus
24. I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico by Various Artists
25. Siamese Dream by Fruit Bats
26. NINE by Sault
27. Observatory by Aeon Station
28. The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania by Damien Jurado
29. A Beginner’s Mind by Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine
30. Where the End Begins by Knathan Ryan
31. Private Space by Durand Jones & The Indications

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