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new Handsome Furs NSFW video, updated tour dates

Handsome Furs

Handsome Furs have released a new and NSFW video for “What About Us”, the sixth track on their spankin’ new LP Sound Kapital. Stereogum talked to the video’s director Scott Coffey who explained how “the video ties into Sound Kapital‘s [NWFW] cover art?…

“I conceived the cover photograph. With the exception of the wonderful Chinese water park shots, the photo art was conceived by me during our video shoot — the cover shot, the back cover of the Furs in the car with the creeping hand, the freeway and night shots where all taken as I made the video. Alexi and Dan chose that great shot of the naked woman on the car for the cover, but I didn’t now that was going to be the cover when I shot it. I liked the idea of the album art and video being integrated. I like the idea of a unified vibe and theme for the album art and video. Sort of like the modern version of a 1970’s concept album.”

Check that the video below.

Handsome Furs hit Webster Hall on August 18th as part of a larger US/EU tour that kicks off next week and ends in middle October. Tickets are still available for the NYC show, and all tour dates are below under the new video…


Handsome Furs – “What About Us”

HANDSOME FURS – 2011 TOUR DATES
07-15 Winnipeg, MB – West End Cultural Center
07-16 Regina, SK – The Exchange
07-17 Saskatoon, SK – Louis (Univ of Saskatoon)
07-19 Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
07-20 Calgary, AB – Republik
07-22 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroon
07-23 Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
07-27 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
07-28 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club (Rave)
07-29 Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge
07-30 Detroit, MI – The Lager House
08-01 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
08-02 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
08-04 Salzburg, AT – Stuck! Festival
08-05 Ravenna, IT – Hana Bi
08-06 Roseto degli Abruzzi, IT – Soundlab Festival
08-10 Sibenik, CR – Terraneo festival
08-12 Bitola, MK – Akto Festival
08-13 Orevche, MK – Beach show
08-17 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
08-18 New York, NY – Webster Hall
08-19 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
08-20 Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox
08-22 Newport, KY – Southgate House
08-23 Nashville, TN – 12th and Porter
08-24 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
08-26 Austin, TX – Mohawk
08-27 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
08-30 Santa Fe, NM – Corazon
08-31 Tuscon, AZ – Club Congress
09-01 San Diego, CA – Casbah
09-02 Los Angeles, CA – Echo Plex
09-03 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
09-04 Sacramento, CA – Townhouse Lounge
09-07 Boise, ID – Neurolux Lounge
09-08 Portland, OR – Music Fest North West
09-09 Victoria, BC – Club 9ONE9
09-13 London, UK – Hoxton Bar & Grill
09-14 Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
09-15 Dublin, IE – Whelans
09-16 Brighton, UK – The Hope
09-17 Tilburg, NL – Incubate Festival
09-18 Munster, BE – Gleiss 22
09-20 Paris, FR – Point Ephemere
09-21 Cologne, DE – Blue Shell
09-22 Hannover, DE – Glocksee
09-23 Hamburg, DE – Reeperbahn Festival
09-24 Berlin, DE – Berlin Independent Night at Lido
09-26 Munich, DE – Kranhalle
09-27 Stuttgart, DE – Schocken
09-28 Luzern, CH – Treibhaus
09-29 Graz, AT – Forum Stadtpark
09-30 Zagreb, CR – Tvornika Kulture
10-01 Budapest, HU – A38
10-02 Krakow, PL – Klub Piekny Pies
10-04 Lodz, PL – Zak Festiwal
10-05 Warsaw, PL – Cafe Kulturalna
10-06 Vilnius, LT – XI20
10-07 Riga, LV – NABAKLAB
10-08 Helsinki, FI – Tavastia
10-12 Stockholm, SE – Fritzs Corner @ Malmen
10-13 Oslo, NO – John Dee
10-15 Bergen, NO – Perfect Sounds Forever Festival
11-26 Beirut, LB – Indie Sessions