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May 16, 2008

New Pelican Video - "Dead Between The Walls"

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Chicago/Los Angela instru-metallers (and Whole Foods workers) Pelican have a new highway-side video for City Of Echoes track "Dead Between The Walls." The album's been out a while, yes, but circumstances reared their head and the guys decided to make their first official video, shot at Saddleback Butte State Park, directed by David Kleiler, and paying homage to Kyuss' "Green Machine." As guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec told Headbangers Ball:

We wanted sand, fast cars, blistering colors, and just a focus on rockin'. The loose narrative that plays out in the video came up later, and it's our embrace of the vocal-less approach of our band. (And how else were we going to include Juan Perez and Attie the pitbull?)

Exactly.

Amusing finale. It's also beautifully shot. And, looks like it took place in the same corner of the desert as Ladytron's "Ghosts," albeit with fewer short shirts. For those viewers outside the US: We'll hunt down an international embed ASAP.

City Of Echoes is out via Hyrda Head. Expect a new one in '09. Also, you can currently catch Pelican on tour with Thrice and Circa Survive. In the fall they hit the road with labelmates and Stereogum favorites Torche.

05/16 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
05/17 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
05/18 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
05/20 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
05/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
05/23 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox Showroom
05/24 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
05/25 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
05/27 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
05/28 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
05/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon Hollywood
05/30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon Hollywood

All dates w/ Thrice, Circa Survive

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I am always down for these guys. Tour in the fall with Torche? Sounds good to me.

Posted by: Michael at 05/16/08 2:12 PM | Reply
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While I'm at it, Stereogum where's your love for the new When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth?

Posted by: Michael at 05/16/08 2:13 PM | Reply
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These guys are on my list to see live. Come to Canada!

Posted by: Music Critic at 05/16/08 2:57 PM | Reply
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Had not heard Pelican before. At first this sounded like a backing track instead of a song but I soon realized I didn't really miss having a growly guy cover up the guitar work. Powerful!

Posted by: CheapAdviceGuy profile link at 05/16/08 4:14 PM | Reply
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Pelican is not a LaLa Land band - Chicago all the way!

Posted by: avant/chicago at 05/16/08 6:32 PM | Reply
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The Herweg brothers live in Los Angeles now: So 1/2 the band's in Chicago and 1/2's in L.A.

Posted by: brandon profile link in reply to avant/chicago's comment at 05/16/08 6:48 PM | Reply
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they were awesome in NYC. the real deal.

Posted by: dsgydsgdsgff at 05/19/08 11:21 AM | Reply
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When are they comming to Phoenix Az?!

Posted by: Dark Dragon1976 at 06/06/08 6:21 PM | Reply
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