New Obits Video: “Operation Bikini”
from 2013 Album Bed & Bugs
North American & European
Tour Dates Extended into 2014
Brooklyn’s Obits have extended their North American and European tour into 2014 in support their acclaimed 3rd album, Bed & Bugs, out now worldwide on Sub Pop. The band’s North American west coast dates begin Thursday, November 14th in Vancouver, BC at The Biltmore Cabaret and end Saturday, November 23rd in Las Vegas, NV at The Beauty Bar. In early 2014 the band will visit Europe for a two week tour, which begins on January 15th in London, UK at Birthdays and ends on February 1st in Athens, GR at Six d.o.g.s. Please find a complete list of tour dates below. Not at all coincidentally, with the start of these tour dates we are releasing a new and very good music video for the song "Operation Bikini” from Bed & Bugs. Featuring illustrations by Perry Shall (http://perryshall.tumblr.com/), this new video was directed by the enigmatic auteur Woody Tobias, Jr. and premiered today at Stereogum, who had the following interesting and flattering thing(s) to say: "Today we premiere Woody Tobias, Jr.’s video for “Operation Bikini,” which involves aliens traveling through space to find an earth wrecked by violence and extinction. Illustrations by Perry Shall are transposed against grim photography to powerful effect. Watch the weird, wild clip now(see video premiere November 14th)." What People Are Saying About Obits (to their faces):
“Obits have seriously sharpened their craft...Bed & Bugs tightens the screws on these jams, especially in the pan-fried “Operation Bikini,” one of the album’s many speckled headbangers. With Motown-greased guitar licks and blues twangs, it’s nearly impossible to not bust a move listening to Bed & Bugs.” [Review, 80%] - FILTER “This is a band in complete control of its vision, and the result is a sharp, confident album.” [Review] -Alternative Press “Mainman Rick Froberg might be midway through his fifth decade, but he and his cohorts can still make one hell of a racket. Whether the abrasive grunge of ‘Taste the Diff’ or the quasi-surf rock of ‘Spun Out,’ the White Stripes-esque blues’n’roll of ‘Malpractice’ or the gentle hippy-folk of ‘Machines,’ this is a crazed, unpredictable crash course in making a record and not giving a shit.” [Review] - NME “A teeth gnashing, blissful good time.” - Village Voice “‘This Must Be Done’ sounds like a more pop-friendly version of the 13th Floor Elevators, ‘Pet Trust’ and ‘Receptor’ quell the noise with some soulful melody, and ‘Machines’ is a meditative cut of trippy psychedelia. Lest purists start gripping their chests, there’s also an ample amount of Obits’ time-tested chord shredding to be found. Cuts like ‘Taste The Diff,’ ‘It’s Sick,’ and ‘I’m Closing In’ are straight-up rippers that can’t be ignored" [Review, B+] - AV Club “With 13 tracks that dip in and out of snaky, Seeds-like garage stomp, surf tones, and even some drifty moments of neo-psychedelia, the band is covering all the bases, and tying together what could be disparate styles with their whole-heartedly emphatic approach to every performance.” [Review, 4 / 5] - All Music “It's another stellar fist-pumper.” [Track Review, “Taste the Diff”] - Exclaim! North American dates:
Nov.14 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
Nov. 15 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
Nov. 16 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Nov. 17 - Eugene, OR - Cosmic Pizza
Nov. 19 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
Nov. 20 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
Nov. 21 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo
Nov. 22 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Nov. 23 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar European Dates:
Jan. 15 - London, UK - Birthdays
Jan. 17 - Donostia, ES- Le Bukowski
Jan. 18 - Valencia, ES - Loco Club
Jan. 19 - Zaragoza, ES - Arrebato
Jan. 21 - Madrid, ES - Siroco
Jan. 22. - Barcelona, ES - Sidecar
Jan. 23 - Nimes, FR - Le Café Olive
Jan. 24 - La Roche Sur Yon, FR - Fuzz'Yon
Jan. 25 - Paris, FR - Mains d'Oeuvres (MoFo Festival)
Jan. 26 - Toulouse, FR - Le Saint des Seins
Jan. 27 - Besançon, FR - Les Passagers du Zinc
Jan. 28 - Rouen, FR - Le 106
Jan. 29 - Thessaloniki, GR - Rover Bar
Jan. 30 - Arta, GR - Kommeno's Warehouse
Jan. 31 - Larissa, GR - Stage Club
Feb. 1 - Athens, GR - Six d.o.g.s | 