Algiers on tour, share "And When You Fall" video ++ win tix to their Brooklyn show

Algiers have just released a video for “And When You Fall” which is from this year’s self-titled debut and typifies the band’s sound (part post-punk synth and part gospel, the latter coming from the powerhouse vocals of frontman Franklin James Fisher). The video was directed by Lamb & Sea and bassist Ryan Mahan tells us a little about it and the song:

For me, Franklin’s lyrics in ‘And When You Fall’ transcend the traditional contours of revenge narratives, promising instead a collective revolutionary justice awaiting all oppressors. The video Sam has created excels in representing how this demand for substantive justice and collective consciousness is distorted and disembodied in modern times, partially through the incessant flow of capital and information.

The song also owes a debt to early Mute recordings, most notably The Normal. The video lays bare this influence by referencing Cabaret Voltaire’s ‘Kino’, and repurposing the early synth pioneers’, from Fad Gadget to Throbbing Gristle, interest in J.G. Ballard and the politics of post-industrialism.

“And When You Fall” makes its premiere in this post and you can check it out below.

The band’s North American tour is underway as we speak and will hit NYC on October 11 at Rough Trade (that show was moved from originally-announced venue Music Hall of Williamsburg). Tickets are still available but if you’d like to go for free we’re giving a pair away. Enter to win, below.

All Algiers tour dates are listed below.

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Algiers – 2015 Tour Dates
Sep 28: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood CA
Sep 30: The Independent, San Francisco CA
Oct 2: Kilby Court, Salt Lake City UT
Oct 3: Larimer Lounge, Denver CO
Oct 5: Firebird, St. Louis MO
Oct 6: The Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Oct 7: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland OH
Oct 8: Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON
Oct 9: Bar Le Ritz PDB, Montreal QC
Oct 11: Rough Trade, Brooklyn NY
Oct 27: Loppen, Copenhagen DK
Oct 29: Strom, Munich, DE
Oct 30: Mousonturm, Frankfurt, DE
Oct 31: Badehaus Szimpla, Berlin, DE
Nov 1: Motolow, Hamberg, DE
Nov 2: Gebaude 9, Cologne, DE
Nov 3: Beautes Soniques Festival, Namar, BE
Nov 4: AB Club, Brussels, BE
Nov 6: The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, UK
Nov 7: Gulliver’s, Manchester, UK
Nov 8: The Hope, Brighton, UK
Nov 9: The Lexington, London, UK
Nov 11: Les Inrocks, Paris, FR
Nov 12: Festival Les Indisciplines, Lorient, FR
Nov 13: La Cartonnerie, Reims, FR FREE SHOW
Nov 14: Sonic Visions Festival, Luxembourg
Nov 16: La Coope, Cermont Ferrand, FR
Nov 17: Le Ninkasi Cafe, Lyon, FR FREE SHOW
Nov 19: Frion, Fribourg, CH
Nov 20: Palace, St Gallen, CH