Deer Tick share video for new single "Wants / Needs" and announce UK + EU tour dates
Deer Tick share video for new single “Wants / Needs” and announce UK / EU tour dates
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‘Wants / Needs’ is the perfect example of their approach, all bubbling melody and ferocious about-turns. – CLASH
Rhode Island quartet Deer Tick are today sharing a video for their brand new single Wants – Needs. Taken from their acclaimed new album Vol 2. – released through Partisan Records as a twin release accompanied by Vol 1. – the single is, in the words of drummer / singer-songwriter Dennis Ryan, “about determining necessity in an age of modern convenience where the lines between wants and needs are a bit blurred.”
The track’s accompanying video is a beautiful dance composition, choreographed and performed by Jenny Winton and Caili Quan, atop a city high-rise, of which Winton says; “The video was a collaboration between Chris Vongsawat (videographer) Caili Quan, (fellow dancer/choreographer), and I. We wanted to create a video which combined dance, architecture, and music in a way that hadn’t been done before. Caili and I paired our unique movement styles, while Chris directed the takes, translating them through his lens. What we came up with was a sort of harmony within duality. A yin and yang of audio and visual elements which were both striking and cohesive at the same time.”
Watch the video here
The band are also announcing a fresh run of UK and EU tour dates, to start this November. The full dates are as follows:
Thu Nov 8 Dingwalls, London, UK [buy tickets]
Fri Nov 9 Night & Day, Manchester, UK [buy tickets]
Sat Nov 10 Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland [buy tickets]
Sun Nov 11 Stereo, Glasgow, UK [buy tickets]
Mon Nov 12 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK [buy tickets]
Wed Nov 14 Point Ephemere, Paris, France [buy tickets]
Thu Nov 15 EKKO, Utrecht, Netherlands [buy tickets]
Sun Nov 18 Caracol, Madrid, Spain [buy tickets]
Tue Nov 20 Sidecar, Barcelona, Spain [buy tickets]
Thu Nov 22 Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland [buy tickets]
Sat Nov 24 Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria [buy tickets]
Mon Nov 26 Privatclub, Berlin, Germany [buy tickets]
Tue Nov 27 Haekken, Hamburg, Germany [buy tickets]
Wed Nov 28 Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark [buy tickets]
Fri Nov 20 Nalen Klubb, Stockholm, Sweden [buy tickets]
Sat Dec 01 Pustervik, Gothenberg, Sweden [buy tickets]
Sun Dec 02 John Dee, Oslo, Norway [buy tickets]
Praise for Vol 1. and Vol 2.
“John McCauley is a little bit Tom Petty, a little bit Johnny Cash and a little bit spectacular… my favorite new singer-songwriter.” – Stevie Nicks
“…throughout both albums, the band varies its rhythms and arrangements with surprising agility. “Sloppy,” for instance, re-imagines Nirvana as Southern-fried blues rock, while “Hope Is Big” allows us to picture what Billy Joel might have sounded like had he been born south of the Mason-Dixon line.” – Pitchfork
“Vol. 1′ and ‘Vol. 2’ find the Rhode Island roots rockers back and better than ever.” – NOISEY
“Vol.1 is raw, introspective and rootsy… Vol.2 is its noisy yang” – Mojo
“Vol 1 is reflective and rootsy… Vol 2 is high-class punk thrash” – Uncut
“The first instalment of the double-header “showcases the folk-driven roots/rock style” that Deer Tick have nurtured a rep for. Vol. 2 sees the Providence, Rhode Island group attach spark plugs to their sound and send a healthy jolt of electricity through the beats. It’s abrasive and smacks of attitude.” – The Line of Best Fit
“…the two records reflect a revitalized band that’s found the footing that eluded them not in youthful disquiet, but in the complexities of getting older.” – Consequence of Sound
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