Washed Out has premiered the official video for "Don’t Give Up," the stunningly shot clip from his forthcoming album Paracosm. Directed by acclaimed designer Kate Moross and filmed at London Zoo, "Don't Give Up" captures the vibrant and exquisite nature of the animal kingdom. Combining close-up photography with a variety of intense colours, Moross shows nature’s intricate and hypnotic beauty alongside Greene’s equally enchanting single. Here, Greene takes the production style of his own critically-acclaimed past releases and shapes it into the most affecting and immediate Washed Out pop moment to date. Watch it now http://youtu.be/9rbRwV0T0AQ.
Washed Out’s previously announced month-long, late summer tour in support of Paracosmbegins August 24th in Monterey, CA at First City Festival and runs through September 24th in Athens, GA at The Georgia Theatre. Please find updated tour dates below.
Paracosm will be available for release August 13th in North America via Sub Pop.
More on Washed Out’s Paracosm:
The music recorded by Ernest Greene as Washed Out has been nothing if not dreamy, but for his second full-length, he’s taken the idea of letting your mind wander to another state a huge leap further. On Paracosm, the Georgia-based musician explores the album’s namesake phenomenon, where people create detailed imaginary worlds. The concept has been used to describe fantasy lands like Tolkien’s Middle Earth and C.S. Lewis’ Narnia, and it’s at the heart of the 2004 documentary In the Realms of the Unreal about outsider artist Henry Darger (read more at Sub Pop).
Tour Dates:
Aug. 24 - Monterey, CA - First City Festival
Aug. 25 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Festival
Aug. 31 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
Sep. 02 - Victoria, BC - 9ONE9
Sep. 03 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
Sep. 05 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
Sep. 06 - Portland, OR - MusicfestNW / Mississippi Studios
Sep. 08 - Sacramento, CA - Launch Music Festival
Sep. 10 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
Sep. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Sep. 13 - Chicago, IL - Metro
Sep. 14 - Detroit, MI - Laneway Festival Detroit
Sep. 15 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
Sep. 16 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
Sep. 18 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
Sep. 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Sep. 20 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
Sep. 23 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
Sep. 24 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
Buy tickets via www.washedout.net