New Tilly & The Wall Video – “Pot Kettle Black” (Stereogum Premiere)

Posted on Jun 4th, 2008 by amrit 18 Comments Share

Team Love tapdancers Tilly & The Wall made a day-gloing splash with their clip for the electro-pop happy jam “Beat Control,” but the sights and sounds on “Pot Kettle Black” are a bit more streetwise. Like, literally: the troupe pounds the pavement (again, literally) in Omaha, NE and Council Bluffs, Iowa, playing on street corners, walking through the ‘burbs, and paying homage to old videos. The song comes from the band’s forthcoming O album (no relation, Damien Rice), and is a good sample of they’re promising a sound meshing all sorts of percussion — taps, drums, electronic beats. Director Alan Tanner, who’s previously worked with the band on the “Rainbows In The Dark” clip, tells us that Tanner & The Wall aimed to “reference some of our favorite music videos from the ’80s and early ’90s.” So take a gander and guess at the refs, and then we’ll tell you precisely what vids Tilly had in mind.

Sayeth keyboardist Nick White:

We were thinking Beatie Boys’ “Sabotage” meets Go-Go’s “Vacation.”

If you guessed correctly, you may download these MP3s from the new record:

Tilly & The Wall – “Pot Kettle Black” (MP3)
Tilly & The Wall – “Cacophony” (MP3)

If that’s not enough from the band for you, you can watch them this fall on Sesame Street, doing a little cover of “The ABC Song.” Set your TiVOs.

The band’s forthcoming O is out 6/17 via Team Love. Preorder here. Tilly & the tour:
07/02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
07/04 – Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards
07/05 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
07/06 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
07/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
07/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
07/11 – San Diego, CA @ Epi Center
07/12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
07/13 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
07/16 – Dallas, TX @ Granada
07/17 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
07/18 – Houston, TX @ Engine Room
07/19 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
07/22 – Orlando, FL @ The Social*
07/23 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jackrabbits*
07/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse*
07/25 – Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle*
07/26 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat*
07/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church*
07/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
07/30 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom*
07/31 – Boston, MA @ Paradise*
08/01 – Buffalo, NY @ The Mohawk Place*
08/02 – Toronto, ONT @ Mod Club*
08/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Hartwood Acres*
08/05 – Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick*
08/06 – Chicago, IL @ Abbey*
08/07 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium*