SHLOHMO
Releases new song & video for ‘BEAMS’
Album ‘Dark Red’ out April 6th on True Pantha / WeDidIt
Shlohmo’s new album Dark Red arrives April 6th on True Panther/WeDidIt, and today he is proud to share the record’s closing statement, “Beams,” alongside a video for the track.
Directed by Jack Irving, the video for “Beams” intends to capture “the rawness and nostalgic carelessness we associate with being young,” says WeDidIt co-founder Nick Melons. He continues, “‘Beams’ as a track demanded that, with its relentless percussion stacked against an energetic yet emotional chord progression reminiscent of post-rock. I came across the director on Vine – he was documenting his days and nights in New York through six-second videos that looked like a modern day Kids shot entirely through an iPhone. We decided to attempt a collaboration, so he would send over batches of tiny clips from which we stitched together the video for ‘Beams.”
The video follows in the footsteps of “Buried,” a gritty odyssey on the dark, abandoned streets of LA which WIRED noted “might be the best horror short film produced so far in 2015.” While “Buried” seems steeped in a gloomy claustrophobia that slowly builds and emphasizes the anxiety and confusion of Dark Red, closing track “Beams” has a palpable energy as it morphs through its jungle-laden drum patterns and moves closer to breaking down and conquering the anguish that defines much of the album.
The second full-length album from Shlohmo (aka Henry Laufer,) Dark Red is an uncanny marriage of his ever-evolving, richly textured sound with shades of ’90s IDM, R&B, cassette-tape Jungle, and even sludge metal. Currently developing the live show for Dark Red, Shlohmo will perform at Austin’s SXSW next week at a special WeDidIt takeover at House of Vans with an international tour to follow.
Dark Red will be released April 7th, 2015 on True Panther/WeDidIt, with pre-orders available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and True Panther; instant downloads of “Beams,” “Buried” and “Emerge From Smoke” are available with pre-orders via iTunes and Amazon.
Dark Red’ Tracklisting
1. Ten Days of Falling
2. Meet Ur Maker
3. Buried
4. Emerge From Smoke
5. Slow Descent
6. Apathy
7. Relentless
8. Ditch
9. Remains
10. Fading
11. Beams
Shlohmo 2015 Live Tour Dates
May 20 – Music Box – Lisbon, PT
May 21 – Oval Space – London, UK
May 22 – Bitterzoet – Amsterdam, NL
May 23 – Razzmatazz – Barcelona, ES
May 24 – VK – Brussels, BE
May 27 – L’Amalgane – Yverdon-Les-Bains, CH
May 28 – Plaza – Zurich, CH
May 29 – Pratersauna – Vienna, AT
May 30 – We Love Green Festival – Paris, FR
May 31 – Berlin Festival – Berlin, DE
June 01 – Quirinetta Theatre – Rome, IT
Pre-order here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dark-red/id955876029
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