Lord Huron’s New Video And Tour
Lord Huron
Lord Huron sent me an email to announce the release of their new album ‘Strange Trails’ on April 7th and at the same time there was a link for their recently released music video for ‘Fool for Love’, one of the tracks of the new one. I like them, I have seen this band a few times live as I have been following them since their beginnings, and they seem to continue in this same direction, according a lot of attention to adventure and details and this video is no exception.
Not only the song is a delicate pop-folk gem, with a catchy chorus that will make you tap your foot along, but a mystery floats above the pastoral melody tainted of exotic and Africanized rhythms – if anyone would do a mashup with one of these Paul Simon’s songs off The Rhythms of the Saints’, I would not be surprised, and I would propose the Coast…. Iman gave a A- to the whole album so I guess he likes Lord Huron too!
But the video is another pleasure, a sort of Eastern Western in a bar with some gang violence breaking for unknown reasons, some slow-motion, and even a total stop in action before the song starts again and the fool adventurer runs away for his life.
‘I’m leaving this place behind, and I’m heading out on the road tonight,’ sings frontman Ben Schneider, ‘I’m off for the hinterlands, way up north where the tall trees stand/Before I commence my ride, I’m askin’ Lily to be my bride, and the whole thing works like a mini movie… but don’t miss to call the phone number you will see at 4:34, below the ‘Feeling Lost’ sign, it’s like an adventure game over the phone!
You will be able to see Lord Huron all summer long, look at these dates:
| 7/10 | Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown |
| 7/11 | Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre |
| 7/12 | Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre |
| 7/14 | Tusla, OK – Cain’s Ballroom |
| 7/15 | Little Rock, AR – Revolution |
| 7/16 | Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall |
| 7/20 | Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse |
| 7/21 | Orlando, FL – Beacham Theater |
| 7/22 | Columbia, SC – Music Farm Columbia |
| 7/26 | Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival* |
| 7/28 | Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom |
| 7/29 | Cleveland, OH – House of Blues |
| 7/31 | Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre |
| 8/3 | Omaha, NE – Slowdown^ |
| 4/13 | Santa Barbara, CA – Lobero Theatre+ |
| 4/14 | Santa Cruz, CA – Cocoanut Grove Historic Ballroom+ |
| 4/16 | Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom* |
| 4/17 | Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theatre+ |
| 4/18 | Seattle, WA – The Showbox+ – SOLD OUT |
| 4/20 | Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot* |
| 4/21 | Aspen, CO – Belly Up* |
| 4/22 | Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre* – SOLD OUT |
| 4/24 | Kansas City, MO – Middle of the Map Fest |
| 4/25 | Milwaukee, WI – The Riverside* |
| 4/26 | Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue* |
| 4/27 | Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre* – SOLD OUT |
| 4/30 | New York, NY – Terminal 5^ |
| 5/1 | Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer^ – SOLD OUT |
| 5/2 | Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club^ – SOLD OUT |
| 5/3 | Washington, DC – 9:30 Club^ – SOLD OUT |
| 5/4 | Washington, DC – 9:30 Club^ – SOLD OUT |
| 5/6 | Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium* – SOLD OUT |
| 5/8 | New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre |
| 5/9 | Houston, TX – House of Blues* |
| 5/10 | Dallas, TX – South Side Music Hall* |
| 5/11 | Austin, TX – Stubb’s* |
| 5/13 | Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre# |
| 5/14 | San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park# |
| 5/15 | Oakland, CA – Fox Theater# |
| 5/16 | Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern# |
| 6/1 | Paris, France – Pop Up du Label |
| 6/3 | London, UK – KOKO |
| 6/4 | Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club |
| 6/5 | Glasgow, UK – King Tuts |
| 6/6 | Dublin, Ireland – Whelans |
| 7/10 | Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown% |
| 7/11 | Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre% |
| 7/12 | Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater% |
| 7/14 | Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom% |
| 7/15 | Little Rock, AR – Revolution% |
| 7/16 | Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall% |
| 7/20 | Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse% |
| 7/21 | Orlando, FL – Beacham Theater % |
| 7/22 | Columbia, SC – Music Farm Columbia% |
| 7/24 | Floyd, VA – Floyd Fest |
| 7/26 | Newport, RI – Newport Folk Fest% |
| 7/28 | Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom% |
| 7/29 | Cleveland, OH – House of Blues% |
| 7/31 | Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre% |
| 8/3 | Omaha, NE – Slowdown |
+Cayucas, *Leon Bridges, ^Hamilton Leithauser, #Family of the Year, %Widowspeak
