Blue Horizon is excited to announce the release of the new Black Angels video for the latest single “Haunting at 1300 McKinley.” The song is from the band’s highly acclaimed third record, “Phosphene Dream.” Far and away the band’s most successful album to date, The Black Angels have been taking the world by storm, selling more records and playing bigger shows than ever before.
The video for “Haunting at 1300 McKinley” was shot in Paris, France, and was directed by Phillip Andelman, whose previous work includes videos by Rihanna (“What’s My Name”), Band of Horses (“Dilly”), The Jonas Brothers (“Lovebug”). He did this video purely out of love for the band. The stark black and white clip is incredibly dark, mysterious and unsettling. It starts with our hero walking down the streets of Paris minding his business until his world starts to crumble around him. Out of nowhere, he trips and falls to the ground. It then happens again as if he’s being forced to the ground. And then he gets thrown up against a wall and over a fence. By whom we don’t know. The strange and invisible torture continues until he becomes a bloody mess and tries to run for safety, but there is no safe haven. Not even in his apartment, which is where the video ends. The air of helplessness in the video heightens the psychedelic wormhole of the song’s groove.
View the video HERE (or below).
Phosphene Dream marks a huge leap forward for The Black Angels. It was produced and mixed by Dave Sardy (Oasis, Wolfmother) in Los Angeles, a far stretch from the cozy Austin studios that delivered their first two records. This new one presents a fresh take on the neo-Psychedelic movement they’ve been at the forefront of for years. The album is currently on sale at Amazon for $2.99.
The Black Angels spent the past Fall on the road with Black Mountain in support of this new release, which Rolling Stone praised, claiming: “there are smartly layered riffs and echo-slathered melodies, and the Angels brighten up on tracks like ‘Telephone,’ a 119-second nugget that would have fit in on an early Kinks album.” Filter agreed, calling Phosphene Dream “face-melting,” while the BBC declared, “rock album of the year, if anyone’s counting.”
The Black Angels will hit the road for a national tour on March 31. Before that they will perform with Queens of the Stoneage at Rolling Stone magazine’s SXSW party on March 16, and have many other performances planned for that manic week in Austin.
Black Angels US tour dates are below:
3/31- New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks *
4/01 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade*
4/02 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle *
4/03 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
4/05 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church *
4/06 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre *
4/08 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom *
4/09 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg *
4/10 – Northampton, MA – Pearl Street *
4/11 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
4/12 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa *
4/14 – Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace *
4/15 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop *
4/16 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick *
4/17 – Newport, KY – Southgate House *
4/18 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall *
4/20 – Madison, WI – The High Noon Saloon*
4/21 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom *
4/22 – St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House *
4/23 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck*
4/9-5/03 – Austin, TX – Austin Psych Fest
5/05 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre #
5/06 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge #
5/07 – Boise, ID – Neurolux #
5/09 – Vancouver, BC – Venue #
5/10 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market #
5/11 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom#
5/13 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s #
5/14 – Pomona, CA – The Fox Theater (Supporting The Kills)
5/15 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre #
5/16 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern #
5/18 – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room #
5/20 – Oklahoma City, OK – ACM Performance Lab#
5/21 – Dallas, TX – The Loft #
*with Suuns
#with Sleepy Sun
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By Ace Ubas
