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Angel Olsen shares video for "Hi-Five," adds tour dates

Angel Olsen

Angel Olsen‘s new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, is out Febraury 18 via Jagjaguwar and she’s just made a video for the song “Hi-Five.” The video was directed by frequent collaborator Zia Anger who brings an almost Lynch-ian detached feel, inspired by ’60s and ’70s telecasts:

They were always so wild and psychedelic and humorous from afar. The more you watch them, the more wooden and awkward the performances become. There is a certain loneliness captured. The song ‘Hi-Five’ seems to contain the same sort of duality.

As for the song, it’s another example of the new, rockier direction Olsen is taking on the new album. Check out the video — and her recent NPR “Tiny Desk” performance — below.

Olsen will play NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on February 20 and tickets are still available. She’s also just added dates to her spring North American tour.. No new NYC show for that as of yet, but there’s a lot of room still in her schedule around her New Haven, CT and Philly shows. All tour dates are listed below…

Angel Olsen – Hi-Five

Angel Olsen – NPR ‘Tiny Desk’ concert

Angel Olsen – 2014 Tour Dates
Tue. Feb. 18 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
Thu. Feb. 20 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Sat. Feb. 22 – Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox
Sun. Feb. 23 – Fayetteville, AR @ JR’s Lightbulb Club
Mon. Feb. 24 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links
Tue. Feb. 25 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
Sat. March 1 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
Sun. March 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex
Mon. March 3 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Wed. March 5 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Thu. March 6 – Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
Fri. March 7 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Sat. March 8 – Moscow, ID @ Mikey’s Gyros
Mon. March 10 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Tue. March 11-Sun. March 16 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
Sun. March 23 – Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
Tue. March 25 – London, UK @ Dingwalls
Wed. March 26 – Paris, FR @ Divan Du Monde [LFSM Festival]
Thu. March 27 – Amiens, FR @ La Lune des Pirates [LFSM Festival]
Fri. March 28 – Koeln, DE @ King George
Sat. March 29 – Berlin, DE @ Hau 1
Sun. March 30 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Mon. March 31 – Stockholm, SE @ Scandic Grand Central
Tue. April 1 – Oslo, NO @ Cafe Mono
Wed. April 2 – Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik
Thu. April 3 – Hamburg, DE @ Haus 73 / Kleiner Donner
Fri. April 4 – Leuven, BE @ Stuk
Sat. April 5 – Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
Sun. April 6 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Thu. April 24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Fri. April 25 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
Sat. April 26 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
Sun. April 27 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
Mon. April 28 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
Tue. April 29 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Thu. May 1 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
Sun. May 4 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Mon. May 5 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
Wed. May 7 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Thu. May 8 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
Fri. May 9 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Sat. May 10 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
Sun. May 11 – Providence, RI @ Fete Lounge
Wed. May 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Thu. May 15 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Fri. May 16 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Sat. May 17 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle

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