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Salem: "Legend" (Video)

6:50 p.m. · July 20, 2009 · by Matthew Richardson

Chicago/NY macabre crunktronica trio Salem's tracks normally sound like entries in a competition to soundtrack a Lars Von Trier sex scene, and "Legend" isn't really any different. The track's incomprehensible vocals woosh in and out of its dead-eyed, cosmic instrumentation, which goes nicely with the clip's random footage of fighter jets, pumas, and sting-rays. It might seem a little bit like the group's screwing with you, but does that change the fact they absolutely come across as the purveyors as some kind of depraved, hollowed-out futurism?

[The Fader]