Blessed Share "Endure" Video with Clrvynt + Kick Off North American Tour
Blessed Share “Endure” Video with Clrvynt
II out now via Kingfisher Bluez (Canada) and Cointoss Records (US)
On Tour Now Throughout the US and Canada
photo credit: Jaimi Wainwright
Watch “Endure” below
Vancouver’s Blessed recently released I via Kingfisher Bluez (Canada) and Cointoss Records (US) with acclaim coming from Consequence of Sound, Stereogum, The FADER and beyond. The band’s unique blend of art-rock and post-punk has earned the band comparisons to visionary bands The Fall, Television, Liars, and Deerhoof, and beyond, but Blessed’s sound isn’t afraid to shift directions at any moment, twisting ideas and vision with unparalleled ability. Today the band are sharing their video for “Endure” together with Clrvynt, the EP’s stunning finale. Blessed said, “the video idea spawned from trying to conceptualize how humans need small pleasures and luxuries to find motivation in the minutia of life. We wanted to follow someone who despite social setbacks, had a positive endurance to keep interacting with the world, through whatever habit or routine they do in solitude.”
Clrvynt shared “The four-piece recently put out II, a four-song EP filled with the strange and wondrous kind of music they’ve been creating since their inception. Today, they’ve released a new video for closer “Endure,” a song that packs more twists and turns into four and a half minutes than most bands can churn out in a whole album. Guitars rubber-band and snap back and forth, flourishes coming out of nowhere.”
Blessed played a whopping 91 shows throughout Canada and the US (which would have been 111 if not for visa troubles that derailed an East Coast tour) in support of their debut EP and they’re back on the road again. The type of band to play wherever the road may lead them, Blessed continue to amaze audiences one show at a time.
Tour Dates:
May 11th – Portland, Oregon @ High Water Mark Lounge W/ U SCO, Hang The Old Year
May 12th – Oakland, California @ The Night Light
May 13th – San Francisco, California @ Bruno’s
May 16th – Fullerton, California @ Republic
May 17th – San Diego, California @ Soda Bar
May 18th – Long Beach, California @ The Prospector
May 19th – Los Angeles, California @ The Smell
May 20th – Phoenix, Arizona @ The Lunchbox
May 21st – Tuscon, Arizona @ The Flycatcher
May 23rd – Albuquerque, New Mexico @ The Fly Honey Warehouse
May 24th – El Paso, Texas @ Boomtown
May 25th – San Antonio, Texas @ Bottom Bracket w/ Mutant
May 26th – Austin, Texas @ Beerland w/ US Weekly
May 27th – Denton, Texas @ Lions Den
May 29th – Houston, Texas @ The Secret Group
May 30th – New Orleans, Louisiana @ Poor Boys
May 31st – Little Rock, Arkansas @ Generator Show w/ Breakfast Special
June 1st – Fayetteville, Arkansas @ Backspace
June 2nd – Louisville, Kentucky @ Mag Bar
June 3rd – Bowling Green, Tennessee @ Howard’s Club H
June 4th – Birmingham, Alabama @ The Nick Rocks
June 5th – Atlanta, Georgia @ 529
June 7th – Raleigh, North Carolina @ Slim’s Downtown
June 8th – Chapel Hill, North Carolina @ The Cave
June 9th – Richmond, Virginia @ 25 Watt
June 10th – Washington, DC
June 11th – Baltimore, MD @ The Bun Shop
June 13th -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ Kung Fu Necktie
June 14th – New Brunswick, New Jersey
June 15th – Brooklyn, NY @ The Gutter w/ Fond Han & Yazan
June 16th – Boston, Mass. @ O’Briens
June 17th – Montreal, Quebec @ Turbo Haüs
June 20th – Ottawa, Ontario @ Pressed w/ Dead Soft
June 21st – Windsor, Ontario @ Phog Lounge w/ Baby Labour
June 22nd – Guelph, Ontario @ Silence w/ Baby Labour
June 23rd – Toronto, Ontario @ Smiling Buddha Cabaret w/ Baby Labour
June 24th – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 25th – Akron, Ohio
June 26th – Cleveland, Ohio @ Blank Slate
June 27th – Detroit, Michigan @ Kelly’s Bar Hamtramck
June 28th – Kalamazoo, Michigan @ Headquarters
June 29th – Bloomington, Indiana
June 30th – Chicago, Illinois
July 1st – Davenport, Iowa
July 2nd – Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ HIGH DIVE MKE
July 4th – Madison, Wisconsin @ The Wisco aka Willy St Pub & Grill
July 5th – Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 7th – Winnipeg, Manitoba @ The Handsome Daughter
July 8th – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ Vangelis Tavern
July 9th – Edmonton, Alberta @ The Buckingham w/ Gary Debussy
July 12th – Lethbridge, Alberta
July 13th – Calgary, Alberta @ The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
July 15th – Victoria, British Columbia @ Logan’s Pub
“a fidgety post-punk jamboree with chord strums that cut like sharp-edged corners and mimic the sound of angrily joggling a locked or jammed door.” – Stereogum
“an extended, punky jam, clocking in at just over seven minutes, and making each feel fresh and exciting. The first half of the track is dominated by the high-fructose riffing pioneered by Deerhoof, giving way to a darker, propulsive jam that’s just as chaotic, yet well-controlled.” – The FADER
These songs breathe, they evolve, oscillating between furious, off-kilter instrumentals and infectious choruses that crop up outside of any traditional song structure.” – Consequence of Sound
Blessed
II
April 28, 2017
Kingfisher Bluez (CA) + Cointoss Records (US)
Pre-Order: Canada | US
1. Phase
2. Headache
3. Body
4. Endure