The Competition OUT NOW on Ribbon Music!
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Lower Dens released their newest creation -- The Competition -- on Ribbon Music, at the end of last year. Today, they're sharing the video for one of the album's standout tracks, "Hand of God." The colorfully psychedelic clip, directed by Aaron Brown & Robby Piantanida, can be seen below.
They also recently announced a string of 2020 headlining tour dates in support of the album, following a massive support tour last year with Of Monsters And Men. Full list of dates below. Tickets on sale now and can be purchased here.
Speaking on the origins of of the song, the band's Jana Hunter states: "It's like Cowboy Krautrock. Imagine a wild west adventure, like 'City Slickers,' with the star, a wealthy white man. He's devised a way to conquer God. He has some kind of vaguely dangerous journey, then comes upon God and declares victory. In his hubris, he goes to shake God's hand, at which time he is psychedelically humbled, his little brain imploding."
Watch the "Young Republicans" video HERE
Watch the "I Drive" video HERE
Praise for The Competition:
"Lower Dens' fourth LP The Competition melds unsparing assessments of capitalism and its dog-eat-dog struggle for status and stuff, reflections on relationships gone wrong, radical empathy and lush, sparkling, orchestral synth-pop." - Billboard
"Lower Dens are loving the '80s on The Competition, a decision that allows them to stop carrying the weight of sadness and dance it off instead." - AV Club
"The band's fourth album, The Competition, maintains this sense of absolute order but finds the group taking its sound to more expansive places than ever before." - BUST
"The follow-up to 2015's Escape from Evil adds an urgency to the band's darker synth tones, a compositional reflection of the capitalism-spurred distress at the album's thematic core." - Consequence of Sound
Tour dates:
2/13/20 Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
2/14/20 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
2/15/20 Raleigh, NC @ Kings
2/16/20 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
2/18/20 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
2/19/20 Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
2/21/20 Austin, TX @ Barracuda
2/22/20 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
2/23/20 Dallas, TX @ Ruins
2/25/20 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
2/26/20 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
2/27/20 West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
2/28/20 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
3/02/20 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
3/03/20 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
3/05/20 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
3/06/20 Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
3/08/20 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
3/09/20 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
3/10/20 Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
3/12/20 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
3/13/20 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
3/14/20 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
3/16/20 Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery
3/17/20 Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
3/19/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
3/20/20 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
3/21/20 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
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