Braids Share New Video for "Miniskirt"

Braids have shared a video for their Deep In The Iris track “Miniskirt”. Directed by Kevan Funk, it features frontwoman Raphaelle Standell-Preston singing ethereally in various dark and slightly ominous natural settings. (At one point, she rocks a particularly awesome braid in her hair.) Watch it below via Pitchfork.tv. 

Braids are currently on tour with Purity Ring. Find those dates below.

Said the director of the video:

I’d been a huge fan of Braids long before I was lucky enough to be a collaborator, an element that made this video special from the outset. They came to me with a handful of very precise visual ideas that they had in mind, which in turn became my jumping off point to shape the rest of the video. I remember the first time I heard the song, I was simply kind of awestruck by the gravitational power that it seemed to [be] imbued with and its bold, incendiary beauty. It’s a rare sort of source material to get the opportunity to work with. I wanted to create something that could compliment the track as opposed to trying to compete with its power. When thinking about the song and its content, I began very interested in the idea of commodification and control of femininity in a patriarchal societal construct, and liberation from that restraint. A central consideration that emerged from that was a historical relationship to nature, in terms of the patriarchal and imperial societal impulse to control, conform and dominate. That dynamic and the song’s authorial resistance to that entitlement is what ultimately formed the thematic core of the video.

Braids:

06-03 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
06-04 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
06-05 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis *
06-07 Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Hall *
06-08 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *
06-09 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
06-10 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Garrick Centre *
06-11  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigo’s
06-12 Calgary, Alberta - Macewan Hall Ballroom *
06-13 Edmonton, Alberta - TBD
06-15 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre *
06-16 Seattle, WA Showbox *
06-17 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
06-19-20 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *
06-22 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom *
06-23 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl LV *
06-27 Los Angeles, CA - The Lyric Theatre
07-05 Osaka, Japan - Conpass
07-06 Tokyo, Japant - Tsutaya O-nest
07-07 Tokyo, Japan - Shelter
07-24-26 Guelph, Ontario - Hillside Festival
08-21 Ottawa, Ontario - Arboretum Festival

* with Purity Ring

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