“For All We Care Is To Be Pleased” — Dutch New Wave Duo Pol Interviews Stylish Strangers in Video for “Sex Machines”

Dutch brothers Ruben and Matthijs Pol released a music video for their single “Sex Machines,” directed by fashion photographer Rémi Lamandé. The track explores emotional detachment and physical desire through angular new wave production featuring twitching beats, serrated guitars, and clipped vocals influenced by Sparks, DEVO, and Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Lamandé’s video begins with Ruben conducting street interviews where diverse strangers lip-sync the lyrics, progressing from a sunlit alley through a concrete parking garage before culminating in a packed underground room. The visual narrative mirrors the song’s theme by casting actual strangers to perform material about emotional estrangement between lovers. The band collaborated with Lamandé to translate their conceptual vision into a stylized public-information broadcast aesthetic. “Sex Machines” follows their 2023 self-titled debut EP and singles “Masks” and “The Chameleon,” solidifying their theatrical new romantic direction.

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