Exploded View recently shared their new music video for “Sleepers,” the new single off Obey, which is out September 28th. It’s not for the faint of heart — the video employs liberal use of “shaky cam” while seemingly simulating a person’s journey through a metro station to a picturesque scene of a happy woman riding her bike through the fields. Filming catches the glistening walls, grimy steps and surprisingly intricate graffiti of the metro, as well as the scenic beauty of the great outdoors.
After presenting the lead single, “Raven Raven,” “Sleepers” is a darkly epic song that is also hypnotic and soothing and almost trance-like in its delivery. The visuals for the song are very apropos of the feelings that the song invokes in its listener, a feeling of being high above in the clouds while still having a vantage point to the desolation just within its reach. Check out the video for “Sleepers” below.
Following the release of Obey, Exploded View will embark on their first-ever North American tour. Dates for the tour are listed below.
10/19 – Dallas, TX —Nasher Sculpture
10/ 20 – Austin, TX — The Parish
10/22 – Phoenix, AZ — Club Congress
10/24 – San Diego, CA — The Whistle Stop
10/25 – Pomona, CA — The Glass House
10/26 – Los Angeles, CA — The Echo
10/28 – San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw Stop
10/29 – Portland, OR — Mississippi Studio
10/30 – Seattle, WA — Vera Project
10/31 – Vancouver, BC — Fox Cabaret
11/1 – Chicago, IL — The Empty Bottle
11/2 – Detroit, MI — Deluxxx Fluxxx
11/3 – Toronto, ON — The Garrison
11/5 – Montreal, QC — Sala Rossa
11/6 – Boston, MA — Middle East
11/8 – Brooklyn, NY — Rough Trade
11/9 – Philadelphia, PA — PhilMOCA
11/10 – Norfolk, VA — Charlies American Cafe
11/11 – Washington, DC — DC9
11/12 – Harrisburg, PA — The Cathedral Room
Obey is available for pre-order via Sacred Bones and Bandcamp.
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