Neko Case releases new animated music video for “Last Lion of Albion” off of her latest album Hell-On. The album dropped June 1, and has been critically acclaimed.

Inspired by forces of nature and acts of a mercurial, forgotten god, Case’s latest album Hell-On is a record sealed by fire and filled with love, rage, and dangers that might lay waste to everything at any moment. So if you wake up dazed in a smoking landscape, walking through the detritus of your own lost civilization with the smell of ash in your hair, your favorite sweater gone and a new song in your head, don’t say you weren’t warned.

Today Case has released the new music video for the anthemic track “Last Lion of Albion,” a requiem of a song for the magnificent landscapes and creatures that have been erased from our planet by the effects of humans.

“I’m very honored and excited to debut this video for ‘Last Lion of Albion’ by one of my very favorite artists, Laura Plansker,” Case explained. “I’ve loved her work forever; she’s so skilled at using handmade figures and props to create surreal worlds. Her work perfectly balances humor and darkness in a way that breaks my heart. She has a way of making something so artificial so very alive. The turning of the lion’s head to look at the sky, or its own reflection makes me cry my eyes out. There is so much straight ahead compassion in Laura’s work, there’s no need to manipulate emotion of the viewer, it is the perfect balance. I’m so happy to share it here with you!”

With a Hell-On stage show featuring glowing, life-size wasp nests and Case as the wasp queen, she and her band are currently on tour in Europe and will return to the U.S. for West Coast dates at the end of November, including a headlining show at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre. New 2019 Australian dates and U.S. dates have also been announced with support from Margaret Glaspy and Kimya Dawson.

European Tour Dates

11/1-Berlin, DE-Bi Nuu

11/2-Cologne, DE-Stadtgarten Cologne

11/3-Groningen, NL-Take Root Festival

11/4-Brussels, BE-Rotonde-Botanique

11/6-Dublin, IE-Vicar Street

11/7-Leeds, UK-Brudenell Social Club

11/8-London, UK-Barbican

North American Tour Dates

11/27-Missoula, MT-The Wilma^

11/28-Bellingham, WA-Mt. Baker^

11/29-Seattle, WA-Paramount^

11/30-Vancouver, BC-The Vogue^

12/1-Portland, OR-Roseland Theater^

12/3-Oakland, CA-Fox Theater^

12/4-Chico, CA-Sierra Nevada^

12/5-San Luis Obispo, CA-Fremont Theater^

12/7-Los Angeles, CA-Orpheum Theatre^

12/8-San Diego, CA-Observatory North Park^

^-with Destroyer (solo)

1/23-Providence, RI-Columbus Theatre*

1/24-Boston, MA-Royale*

1/25-Philadelphia, PA-Keswick Theatre*

1/26-Washington D.C.-Lincoln Theatre*

1/27-Washington D.C.-Lincoln Theatre*

1/29-Chapel Hill, NC-Memorial Hall#

1/30-Charleston, SC-Charleston Music Hall#

1/31-Ponte Vedra, FL-Ponte Vedra Concert Hall#

2/1-Tampa, FL-The Orpheum#

2/2-Orlando, FL-The Beacham Theater#

2/4-Tallahassee, FL-The Moon#

2/5-Pensacola, FL-Vinyl Music Hall#

2/7-Houston, TX-White Oak Music Hall#

2/8-Austin, TX-Bass Concert Hall#

2/9-Dallas, TX-Granada Theater#

2/12-Santa Fe, NM-Meow Wolf#

2/13-Tuscon, AZ-Rialto Theatre#

2/14-Phoenix, AZ-Van Buren#

*-with Margaret Glaspy

#-with Kimya Dawson

Australian Tour Dates

3/9-Victoria, AUS-Port Fairy Folk Festival

3/10-Victoria, AUS-Port Fairy Folk Festival

3/12-Sydney, AUS-Metro Theatre

3/13-Melbourne, AUS-Melbourne Recital Centre

3/14-Melbourne, AUS-Melbourne Recital Centre

3/16-Katoomba, AUS-Blue Mountains Music Festival

3/17-Katoomba, AUS-Blue Mountains Music Festival

3/18-Auckland, New Zealand-Auckland Arts Festival