Casey Spooner: Cliche

Far removed from his new wave electro days of Fischerspooner, front-man Casey Spooner releases a video for his track "Cliche" from his solo album, Adult Contemporary. The song is a light pop rock and reminiscent of something british bands Blur or Happy Mondays would of released but its perfectly Casey Spooner.

Turned out in a bespoke three-piece Timothy Everest suit, Casey Spooner riffs on old-school Hollywood glamour in his new music video “Cliche.” Directed by Jason Cacioppo and filmed in a single take, Spooner’s performance was inspired by the 1973 broadcast of An Evening With Marlene Dietrich—a live concert format television special starring the silverscreen idol. “She is very powerful, with such an economic use of gesture. The way she moves reminds me of traditional Japanese theater,” he says. As an antidote to Fischerspooner, his outré electro-pop act with Warren Fischer, the singer-songwriter sought to make his 2010 rock-leaning solo debut, Adult Contemporary, a pared-back affair. The silver herringbone ensemble seen in the video is the same one he wore on tour with the Scissor Sisters last summer. “I didn’t want any costume changes, dancers or anything avant-garde—just something classic, elegant and natural,” he says.

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