Video of The Day: Nation of Language

There’s a bunch of videos out there. Some of them are good. Some of them are a cut above. I like to think my picks for Video of The Day are a cut (or two) above.

I've fallen head over heels for Nation of Language during the course of the past year. Regretfully, this has coincided with some personal life things that have made writing difficult, and as such this is, unfathomably, my first post about the band I've listened to so much over the past year and a half.

The band will be releasing the follow-up to their incredible debut Introduction, Presence this November, and will also be touring the heck out of both new record A Way Forward and Introduction, Presence, as they finally get to hit the road later this year. Those dates are below. 

"This Fractured Mind" is the third single plucked from A Way Forward, and is yet another sublime, synth-laden composition with the capacity to end up ingrained in your mind. The video captures both the beauty and anxiety of city living, while tight shots on the band emphasize that duality on a more personal level. Both the song and video keep things off-kilter, and both find joy in the unexpected.   


       

Nation of Language Tour Dates 

08/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Sultan Room [SOLD OUT] 
09/09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s 
09/10 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom [SOLD OUT] 
09/11 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair 
09/25 – Queens, NY @ Governors Ball [SOLD OUT] 
09/30 – Montreal, PQ @ Bar le Ritz 
10/01 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern 
10/02 – Detroit, MI @ Tangent Gallery
10/03 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle [SOLD OUT]
10/04 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/05 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
10/06 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
10/08 – Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
10/09 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
10/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall 
10/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
10/14 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/15 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studio
10/17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room [SOLD OUT]
10/20 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
10/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room
10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ The Parish 
10/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar 
10/26 – Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Arts
10/27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10/28 – Austin, TX @ Levitation @ Empire Control Room [SOLD OUT]
10/29 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10/30 – Chapel Hill @ Cat’s Cradle
10/31 – Washington DC @ Songbyrd

01/10 - Cologne, DE @ YUCA
01/11 - Antwerp, BE @ TRIX Bar [no pre-sale]
01/12 - Amsterdam, NE @ Paradisio
01/14 - Hamburg, DE @ Turmzimmer
01/15 - Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar
01/16 - Stockholm, SE @ Obaren [free]
01/17 - Oslo, NO @ Bla
01/19 - Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
01/20 - Zurich, CH @ Kater
01/22 - Barcelona, ES @ Laut
01/23 - Madrid, ES @ Sala El Sol
01/25 - Paris, FR @ Supersonic [free]
01/27 - Leeds, UK @ Hyde Park Book Club
01/28 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
01/29 - Dublin, IE @ The Grand Social
01/30 - Manchester, UK @ YES Basement
01/31 - London, UK @ Lafayette

[posted 8.6.21]

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