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Julian Casablancas’ video for Phrazes For The Young’s first single, “11^th Dimension” released exclusively on the Internets on December 23^rd, and if you haven’t seen it yet, consider it paying dues if you want to keep your place in the cool kid club.

Seriously though, it’s fucking awesome. The song is simple synth pop on the surface, but the lyrics are actually pretty insightful and then the video ratchets up the weirdness to all new heights. All told, it results in a fairly deep viewing experience, all things considered.

Although truthfully, I’m mostly just considering the fact that on television, the most you’re going to see of a music video is a thirty second clip at the end credits of whatever Laguna Beach spinoff MTV’s moved onto now. It was smart to release the video exclusively on the web, where it can be viewed in its entirety and actually appreciated… by fans of The Strokes, Mad Max and 80’s sci-fi anyway.