Kicking off 2010 in grand InYourSpeakers fashion, we’ve got yet another music video that’s as aurally pleasing as it is visually stimulating. This week, we bring to you the latest from Canadian baroque-pop group, The Most Serene Republic. “Heavens to Purgatory,” is an excellent track, with a video that’s worth more than gold -some might even say it’s worth an arm and a leg.

Released in July, and to very positive criticism, …and the Ever Expanding Universe, the third LP from the indie-pop/rock crew The Most Serene Republic, is the source for this week’s first Video Roundup. This sub-three minute gem, “Heavens to Purgatory” is truly a sight to behold. In the first shot of this Sach Baylin-Stern production, we see the group’s lead vocalist, Adrian Jewett, sitting in a blue armchair, in a blue room, singing while holding a glass of water. Pretty average scene, right? Maybe a little too much blue to be considered normal, but still, nothing too odd seems to be at play here…Until the camera zooms out, and made visible is the lower torso of a man - the lower torso and nothing other than an empty shirt-kicking at a bass pedal. Weird? Yeah, just a bit, but that’s it, right? Wrong! More and more body parts fill the screen, torsos hung on a wall happily strum guitars and banjos, a single arm sticks out from under a rug and pounds a keyboard, a limbless girl floats and sings, all the while the mood of the song progresses from quite melancholy to borderline exuberant. One may not notice the first time around, but as the track moves along, and the camera pans around the room, the colors of the different parts of the room become visible: blue, purple, yellow, orange, and finally, red. The colors seem to be representative of the shifting, changing feeling that the song exudes.

To make this video the masterpiece it is today, record label Arts & Crafts hired director Ben Steiger Levine, an ace in his craft, who has worked with such acts as Chromeo, Socalled, and Beast. All in all, this is one of the most creative videos that has passed our eyes, and with one of last year’s best tracks as audio accompaniment, it’s a fantastic way to start off this New Year.