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]