EMPATH release video for new single "Born 100 Times," their first new original music since 2019

EMPATH SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “BORN 100 TIMES” ON TOUR NOW, DATES WITH MODEST MOUSE,  FUTURE ISLANDS & FUCKED UP

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Empath release a video for their new single “Born 100 Times,” the first new music they’ve shared since 2019’s acclaimed Active Listening: Night on Earth.  On the track, Catherine Elicson’s razor sharp delivery serves as a counterweight to the instrumental onslaught. “‘Born 100 Times’ is structurally very simple, consisting of a couple of hooks and a verse sung overtop of two repeated chords. I imagined a restructured pop song, having it start instantly with the hook and then eventually reaching a verse. While the lyrics are a somewhat spiritual reflection on devotion and power in one’s life, an isolating and very internal experience, the video offers a different viewpoint,” Elicson says.   “The video began as an idea Randall had of us showing up with cameras at the New York State fair. There’s something beautiful and nostalgic about a fair we wanted to try and capture. Two friends, Halle Ballard and Johnny Costa, filmed us having real, uninhibited fun running around, eating fried food, absolutely dominating the carnival games, drinking countless wine slushies, getting spun around on rides, and just enjoying being together. It was a much needed night of leisure at the end of a long summer spent preparing for the next phase of Empath. The video is a document of this special moment in time for us. United together, we left behind the isolating, internal struggles of our lives and connected to the real world outside of ourselves.” The noise punk quartet from Philadelphia, PA comprised of Catherine Elicson, Garrett Koloski, Emily "Jem" Shanahan and Randall Coon, have been called "America's most inventive young psychedelic band” by Rolling Stone, with Pitchfork hailing their music as “a thrilling rush of punk violence, pop sparkle, art-rock experimentalism.”   Empath is currently on tour, dates include shows with Modest Mouse, Future Islands and Fucked Up. All dates below.

WATCH THE “BORN 100 TIMES” VIDEO

TOUR DATES: 9/30 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom ^ 10/1 - Austin TX @ Stubb’s (ACL Nights) * 10/4 - Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater ^ 10/5 - Cincinnati, OH @ ICON ^ 10/7 - Irving, TX @ Toyota Music Factory ^ 10/8 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Lawn ^ 10/11 - Huntsville, AL @ Mars Music Hall * 10/12 - New Orleans, LA @ Fillmore New Orleans * 10/14 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live * 10/15 - Miami Beach, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach * 10/16 - St Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * | SOLD OUT 10/17 - St Augustine, FL @  St Augustine Amphitheater *  10/19 - Richmond, VA @ The National * | SOLD OUT 10/21 - Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater * 10/22 - Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit * | SOLD OUT 1/19 - Ottawa, CA @ Club SAW ~ 1/20 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz ~ 1/21 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair ~ 1/22 - New York, NY @ Brooklyn Made ~ 1/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts ~ 1/24 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage ~ 1/25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls ~ 1/26 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups ~ 1/28 - Detroit, MI @ Shelter ~   * w/ Modest Mouse ^ w/ Modest Mouse & Future Islands ~ w/ Fucked Up

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