Watch Deerhoof’s Stop Motion Video for “The Devil and his Anarchic Surrealist Retinue”
Deerhoof have shared a music video for their new song “The Devil and his Anarchic Surrealist Retinue,” taken from their latest album The Magic, which arrives today via Polyvinyl. The Magic is the follow-up to 2014’s La Isla Bonita. The stop motion video is directed by Joe Baughman, and it tells a strange story of clay animated demons and ritual sacrifice. The band’s Greg Saunier said of Baughman’s work: “He nailed it.” Watch it in full, and see Baughman’s statement on the video, as well as Deerhoof’s upcoming tour dates below.
Stop-motion improv is probably the slowest form of spontaneity, but even so it allowed the characters and actions to take shape as I was animating them. It was a strange way to animatate, but it felt appropriate for this track. I’m grateful for the freedom Deerhoof gave me to animate in this style and for getting to work with such an interesting tune (both lyrically and musically).
Revisit our interview with Deerhoof.
Deerhoof:
06-24 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall #*
06-25 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
06-26 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
07-07 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall $
07-08 Vancouver, British Columbia – Fortune $
07-09 Seattle, WA - Neumo’s $
07-12 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall $
07-13 Los Angeles, CA – Terragram Ballroom $
07-14 San Diego, CA – The Casbah $
07-16 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom $
07-18 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge $
07-19 Boise, ID – Radio Boise Series (Neurolux) $
08-03 Denver, CO – The Hi Dive !
08-04 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room !
08-05 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall !
08-06 Milwaukee, WI – Mad Planet !
08-08 Indianapolis, IN – The Hi Fi !
08-09 Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s !
08-10 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge !
08-11 Athens, GA – Athens Popfest (Georgia Theatre)
08-12 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall !
08-13 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks !
08-14 Houston, TX – Walter’s Downtown !~
08-16 Austin, TX – The Mohawk !~
08-17 Dallas, TX – Trees !~
09-08 Warsaw, Poland – Plac Zabaw
09-09 Lodz, Poland – Unknown Venue
09-10 Berlin, Germany – Bi Nuu
09-11 Tilburg, Netherlands – Incubate Festival
09-13 Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhagen Jazzhouse
09-14 Oslo, Norway – Blaa Club
09-15 Stockholm, Sweden – Fasching
09-17 Leffinge, Belgium – De Zwerver
09-18 The Hague, Netherlands – Kleine Zaal, Paard Van Troje
09-19 Lille, France – L’Aéronef
09-20 Paris, La Maroquinerie
09-21 Metz, France – Les Trinitaires @
09-22 Espinal, France – La Souris Verte
10-02 New York, NY – Roots Picnic
^ with C Spencer Yeh & Ava Luna
# Ed Balloon
* with Kill Alters
$ with Skating Polly
! with Cowtown
~ with Tele Novella
@ with Chris Cohen
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