Punk trio, The Coathangers, are set to release their Parasite EP via Suicide Squeeze this June. Ahead of the EP, the band has released a new video for the song Captain’s Dead. The video, directed by Matt Odom, show’s the Atlanta band in full goth/cheerleader garb in a ghoulish and undead portrayal of high school. Guitarist-vocalist Julia Kugel told Paste of the video:

“The song is about a very interesting and difficult time of personal transition that happened at the end of last year, which coincided with a changing political climate ushered in by the election of Donald Trump as president,” Kugel tells Paste over email. “It was like the Trump ethos of savage ignorance was taking over every aspect of life, and then a realization that all things do circle and come back. The reward for malicious action is often a bag of shit, one way or another.

The video was shot by good friend and longtime Coathangers collaborator Matt Odom in and around our house in Long Beach. The badass cheerleaders were a play on the whole captain of the squad thing. We wanted this video to be a bit random and weird to the observer, yet the clip soaked in personal meaning. feels a bit like a feverish nightmare… a hex on assholes.”

Check out the video below.

n to the UK for a tour later this month. They will head to Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, Oxford, London, Hastings, Leicester, Leeds, where they will appear as part of Gold Sounds festival, Sheffield and Ramsgate, between May 12 and 23

The Coathangers Tour Dates
05/12: Manchester, United Kingdom – Day & Night
05/13: Brighton, United Kingdom – The Joker
05/15: Bristol, United Kingdom – The Exchange
05/16: Oxford, United Kingdom -The Bullingdon
05/17: London, United Kingdom – Oslo
05/18: Hastings, United Kingdom – The Printworks
05/19: Leicester, United Kingdom – The Cookie
05/20: Leeds, United Kingdom – Gold Sounds at Brundenell Social
05/21: Sheffield, United Kingdom – The Harley
05/23: Ramsgate, United Kingdom – Ramsgate Music Hall
05/24: Gent, Belgium – Psych Over 9000
05/25: Eindhoven, Netherlands – Stroomhuis
05/26: Rotterdam, Netherlands – Roodkapje, Girls Go Boom Night
05/27: Amsterdam, Netherlands – Pacific Park
05/28: Utrecht, Netherlands – dB’s
05/30: Hamburg, Germany – Molotow
05/31: Berlin, Germany – Cassiopeia

feature image: Boston Lynn Schulz