MS MR Release Debut Album Secondhand Rapture Today via Columbia Records
Last fall MS MR released their EP Candy Bar Creep Show via a unique fan engagement experience on their Tumblr page. With the release of the bands debut album Secondhand Rapture, the duo has done it again with a collaged visual video accompaniment for the album. MS MR presents SECONDHAND CAPTURES:
MS MR’s SECONDHAND CAPTURES statement:
Ever since we began writing music together we’ve been fascinated by the multitude of ways music can transcend mediums and influence other forms of art. Over the past two years we’ve developed a visual identity alongside the music, obsessively curating our Tumblr page and creating found footage videos to accompany the tracks we released. Through this, collage became the foundation of our aesthetic, and we created original photographs, artwork and videos that built on these ideas.
As we began planning the release of our debut album, Secondhand Rapture, we wanted to continue exploring the idea of collage to create a visual accompaniment to every song. This became SECONDHAND CAPTURES, a collaboration with many of the video and digital design artists we’ve had had the pleasure of working with over the past two years.
We gave five directors two or three songs from the album and asked them to create an accompanying visual that could be played on loop for the duration of the song. Each brings their own style and vision to the project, providing a new face to the music.
The Artists:
Bill Richards
Salty Sweet, Hurricane
Tyler Kohlhoff
Think Of You, Twenty Seven, Bones
Luke Gilford
Ash Tree Lane, Fantasy, This Isn’t Control
Austin Peters
No Trace, Dark Doo Wop
David Burkhart
BTSK, Head Is Not My Home
MS MR on tour (more to be announced):
& MS MR headline date
** supporting CSS
5/15 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom & SOLD OUT
5/16 – Late Show with David Letterman
5/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s &
5/19 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern & SOLD OUT
5/20 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
5/21 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement &
5/22 – Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
5/23 – Montreal, QC @ I1 Motore
5/25 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Music Festival
6/1 – Montauk, NY @ Surf Lodge &
6/7 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
6/14 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Observatory **
6/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda **
6/16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent **
6/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall **
6/19 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s **
6/26 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury
7/2 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
7/3 – Amsterdam, NE @ Bitterzoet
7/4 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain
7/5 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich
7/7 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Plaza
7/8 – Munich, DE @ Ampere
7/9 – Cologne, DE @ Gebauede 9
7/11 – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
7/12 – Abersoch, UK @ Wakestock
7/13 – Balado, UK @ T in the Park
7/15 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 3
7/16 – Birmingham, UK @ Institute Temple
7/17 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
7/19 – London @ LoveBox Festival
7/19 – Ferropolis, DE @ Melt Festival
7/26 – Sydney, Australia @ Metro Theatre
7/27 – Byron Bay, Australia @ Spendlour in the Grass
7/29 – Melbourne, Australia @ Hi-Fi
8/2-4 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/4 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/9 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside lands
8/23 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
8/24 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
8/25 – Paris, France @ Rock En Seine
9/1 – Stradbadlly, Ireland @ Electric Pinic
10/5 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/12 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
MS MR – Secondhand Rapture, available May 14th
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