Shilpa Ray’s new video for her single, “Morning Terrors Nights of Dread,” helps transport Halloween fans and rock fans alike to an alternative universe that is reminiscent of both Rocky Horror Picture Show and Where the Wild Things Are. The cheeky video, directed by Candace Thompson, starts with a POV shot from Shilpa, who is manning the door at a club. She encounters an array of broke, discombobulated, pretentious and entitled people trying to get into the club for free. The scene is relatable and hilarious, and sets the tone for the rest of the video. The video then transports viewers to the gates of heaven and hell, which are both staged like the club entrance-complete with beefy bouncers and a painfully long line. Inside the gates of hell, Shilpa and her animalistic band perform the song for their hellish guests who are invited to “drink the kool aid,” by a devilish character nearby. It looks like Carrie’s prom-only this time her classmates are embracing her dark side. The video finishes with the band chaotically destroying the instruments in a way that would make Pete Townshend proud.
The song, is equal parts naughty and nice. It starts with touches of doo-wop and surf-rock, and ends with full on punk vibes. Shilpa begins by breezily singing the verses, as her back up singers croon along in perfect harmony like The Beach Boys. She ends by screaming her lungs out in utter annoyance at a furious pace, as the guitar shreds unforgiving riffs full of feedback, reverb and distortion. It is like being torn out of a delightful dream and thrown into a harrowing nightmare. “Morning Terrors Nights of Dread,” is the second video and third single for Shilpa’s recent (September) album Door Girl. Shilpa uses her experience performing at dive bars to create a running commentary on New York and all of the crazy characters that are bred there. Shilpa will tour the album for the next two months. In October Shilpa will wrap things up in Europe, and in November she will begin her North American leg of the tour.
Tour Dates:
10/17 – Poznan, Poland – Klub Dragon
10/18 -Krakow, Poland – Alchemia
10/19 – Presov, Slovakia – Christiania
10/20 – Trencin, Slovakia – Luc
10/21 – Opava, Czech Republic – Klubova Noc
10/22 – Olomouc, Czech Republic – Jazz Club Tibet
10/23 – Prague, Czech Republic – Futurum
10/24 – Plzen, Czech Republic – Andel
10/25 – Brno, Czech Republic – Kabinet MUZ
10/26 – Zilina, Slovakia – Sanica
10/27 – Vsetin, Czech Republic – DK
10/28 – Jihlava, Czech Republic – International Documentary Film Festival (IDFF)
11/01 – Buffalo, NY – Nietzsche’s
11/02 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
11/03 – Sarnia, Ontario – cineGAZE
11/04 – Chicago, IL – The Hideout
11/05 – Detroit, MI – Lager House
11/06 – Columbus, OH – Rumba
11/07 – Cincinnati, OH – Junkers Tavern
11/09 – Ithaca, NY – November Music Series
11/10 – Jersey City, NJ – Monty Hall
11/11 – Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong
11/12 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
11/13 – Durham, NC – Pinhook
11/15 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
11/16 – Athens, GA – Caledonia
11/17 – Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light
11/18 – Athens, OH – The Union
11/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
12/01 – Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
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