New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Open Mike Eagle has unveiled a second song from his forthcoming LP 'Brick Body Kids Still Daydream,' (September 15/Mello
Music Group). The video for the track, "Brick Body Complex," has been premiered via NPR Music.
'Brick Body Complex' is a powerful statement made through incensed verses and potent visuals. It introduces the character of "Iron Hood," a super-powered protector of Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes, a public housing project that displaced thousands of residents when it was torn down a decade ago. In this video, Iron Hood, played by Open Mike Eagle, leaps into action against a mysterious masked villain representing the forces of gentrification.
"On 'Brick Body Complex,' Open Mike Eagle fuses the source and its voice, literally becoming the building as he delivers a defiant blues... Both the song and Eagle's fifth solo LP comprise an ambitious attempt to deconstruct and examine a warped mythology that reduces housing project residents to violence-prone, drug-addled subhumans." - NPR Music
The video marks the second installment of "Dark Comedy Television," a music video theme conceptualized by Open Mike Eagle. Each video from 'Brick Body Kids Still Daydream' is formatted as a television show called Dark Comedy Prime News on a cable network programmed by Mike himself.
The first single, "95 Radios (feat. Has-Lo)," was hailed as "an instant classic" by VICE Noisey.
'Brick Body Kids Still Daydream' was just called Open Mike Eagle's "most accomplished [album] yet" by New York Magazine in their fall preview that ran this week.
Pre-order the album here:
Apple Music: https://radi.al/HPy3hxD
Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yd7lwev9
Vinyl: https://tinyurl.com/ybhdsbc3
TRACK LIST:
Legendary Iron Hood
(How Could Anybody) Feel At Home
Hymnal Feat. Sammus
No Selling (Uncle
Butch Pretends It Don't Hurt)
Happy Wasteland Day
Daydreaming In The Projects
Brick Body Complex
TLDR (Smithing)
Breezeway Ritual
Wedding Ghosts
95 Radios (feat. Has-Lo)
My Auntie's Building
TOUR DATES
9/15 - Dallas, TX - RBC https://ticketf.ly/2sMcgY6
9/16 - Houston, TX - The Secret Group https://bit.ly/2tKh2a4
9/17 - Austin, TX - Barracuda https://bit.ly/2tEVYTQ
9/20 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon https://ticketf.ly/2sM4M7y
9/21 - Detroit, MI - Marble Bar https://ticketf.ly/2tJZACt
9/22 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern https://bit.ly/2v97W5T
9/23 - Ames, IA - Maintenance Shop https://bit.ly/2gLv08s
9/24 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry https://bit.ly/2uadIXS
9/26 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory https://bit.ly/2u5emWM
9/27 - Washington, DC -
Black Cat Backstage https://ticketf.ly/2uaEUFN
9/28 - Cambridge, MA -
Middle East Upstairs https://bit.ly/2ualvEW
9/29 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie https://bit.ly/929OPENME
9/30 - Portland, ME - Waking Windows https://ticketf.ly/2lXugQ2
10/5 - Seattle, WA - Barboza https://ticketf.ly/2u5lPp5
10/6 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir https://ticketf.ly/2taOSmz
10/7 - Hood River, OR - Underground
Music Station https://bit.ly/2uBBE4u
10/18 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5 https://ticketf.ly/2vmsjAl
10/19 - Raleigh, NC -
Kings Barcade https://bit.ly/2u55TQ9
10/21 - Cincinnati, OH - Chameleon https://bit.ly/2vr7Jyh
10/23 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar https://ticketf.ly/2t0MELf
10/24 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah https://ticketf.ly/2uNZutI
10/25 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo https://ticketf.ly/2u5refN
10/26 - San Francisco, CA - Independent https://ticketf.ly/2sMPuj1
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