Running Young Pull Some Of The Whitest Dance Moves Ever In Their New Video Clip

Ascendant Melburnian indie-rock outfit Running Young are ramping up for the release of their sophomore EP, You Better Run Son, this year with the announcement of new single Not The Same as well as the unveiling of its accompanying video clip and launch tour dates.

The irreverent, casually cool track was self-produced by the band, whose profile has raised significantly over the past year or so following the establishment of their reputation for ebullient live shows and their synch deal with US TV show Shameless, which saw their track Out Of Time land in front of millions of ears. 

Less casually cool — by design, mind you — are the band members' flailing, gloriously white dance moves featured in the song's video clip, which was directed by Steve Maclean and shot in Melbourne's inner-west. Indeed, the band's enthusiastic shucking, jiving and air-playing amount to an inescapable sense of joy that bursts forth from the clip, making it hard to watch without smiles involuntarily encroaching on the viewer's face.

"We wanted to capture a sense of carefree self-satisfying dancing," frontman Joel Famularo said in a statement. "It wasn't about how good our moves were, it was more about genuinely trying to be loose and fun without any inhibitions. The song is about being yourself even when you meet a person or people who judge you harshly because they have crappy attitudes.

"So, we thought that since none of us are dancers, it would be a good way to push us outside of our comfort zones which is how it sometimes feels when you move to a new school or start a new job and people try to suss you out and analyse every move you make! It's sort of a big middle finger to haters, really."

Check out the clip below; if it's up your alley, then you can catch Running Young at any of their upcoming launch shows in Melbourne (Ding Dong Lounge, Saturday 13 August), Warrnambool (The Loft, Friday 19 August) or Bendigo (Golden Vine, Friday 2 September). Further dates are to be announced.

Not The Same is available for purchase via iTunes. See theGuide for all the necessary information about the band's launch tour.