Deleted Scenes Debut Video feat. Dustin Diamond

 

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DC quartet Deleted Scenes has debuted a dark new video for their single 'Stutter,' featuring Dustin Diamond (Screech from Saved By The Bell) having one of the worst days of his life. According to director Alec Sutherland, "the band wanted to make a video about an actor coming unhinged. They threw in a handful of names of the type of actor they were thinking. A couple of months and a hundred or so phone calls to Dustin's manager later, we found ourselves in an LA diner sitting across from him, cutting up chicken fried steaks and listening to the horrors of participating in Celebrity Big Brother. The next day we shot this video."

The track, which Pitchfork called a "neuron scrambler" and a "full-body freakout" is taken from the band's forthcoming album, Lithium Burn, coming out April 15th on Park the Van (US)/Nevado(Canada). After releasing the 7-inch for 'Stutter' this past fall, the band did a short run of dates on the East coast, including a performance with The Dismemberment Plan, which prompted Travis Morrison in the band to tweet, "'Stutter' literally propelled me out of the dressing room to watch, I couldn't believe what was going on."

In 2012, the band released their critically acclaimed album, Young People's Church of the Air, whichcontained a mix of studio sounds and home-recorded lo-fi noise, and was recorded with Nick Krill (The Spinto Band). The album was praised by NPR, SPIN, Pitchfork, Paste, and The Washington Post, among others, who said, "if Deleted Scenes isn't the best rock band in Washington, it's certainly on the very short list." The songs took on a live identity over the course of 300 shows on tour, including performances with Cursive, Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, The Antlers and more.

 1. Haircuts/Uniforms
2. Caught in the Brights
3. Landfall
4. Lets Not Try Fix Everything At Once
5. Seasons of the Wire
6. Debussy
7. Stutter
8. House of Dust
9. Teenage Kids
10. Tell Me a Secret
11. You Get to Say Whatever You Want