The Impliers - Make Your MOve

The Impliers 

Make Your Move
self-released; 2024

​​By ​Dino DiMuro

The Impliers are a wacky 2-man indie pop project from Denver, and they’re back with a brand new single and video combo titled "Make Your Move." Dan Hartman and Charles Ingram are known for changing their image, visual brand and genres multiple times a year, and this new track is described as “a strange and surreal single from their upcoming concept album, dissecting love from A-Z.”

My introduction to The Impliers was with the single and video for “Lonely Meets The Only.” At that time I learned the guys first met at age 15 and wrote songs with weird guitar tunings in a North Carolina shed. Eventually their songs began popping up on compilations adjacent to Fugazi, Jawbreaker and the like. They also have a background in video  production and comedy, which is quite clear in their music videos. Musically they span countless genres that may include psychedelic dream pop and electronic music, with influences like Tame Impala, Men I Trust, Depeche Mode and Prince. However, the boys assert that this new single moves into a different genre terrain than any of their previous tracks. The Impliers prefer to call their new single “the soundtrack to the music video,” so let’s have a look.

The video is the kind where the key figures appear in a white Nowhere Land. Dan and Charles appear, barely moving as if they just got out of bed. The music is a Reznor-like thump at a laconic tempo, with a processed voice hypnotically chanting “You are not a part of my friends and me.” A woman in a denim dress appears, and her shoulder-bobbling constitutes a lot more dancing than the boys have been doing so far. Background dancers soon proliferate (including multiple images of a cute single Mom) seemingly causing our Implier Hosts to actually try some moves. The visuals then switch to a car abandoned in a snow scape, and dulcet Prince-like vocals take over for the monotone chants. But then it’s back to our dancing troupe with the original beat!

The member with the big mustache (Charles?) does most of his dancing with his eyes, his hair and his jaw. Suddenly he’s the single mom, complete with kitty and living room furniture! After the kitty grows to mammoth size, there’s a funky, tooting sax solo by Dan (note to the guys: maybe wear undershirts next time?). Meanwhile the background players switch up at random. Credited actors are Julianna Beckert, Mathea Tanner, Bryan Hartman and Renee Roush. Musically the saxophone soloing leads to a horn-drenched climax like a Jazz Orchestra from space. Musically this is my favorite part of the song.

Though I probably prefer the last video I watched, this one is certainly dynamic and fun. There’s lots going on and the visuals really spike to the music. You’ll love it!

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