New HEALTH Video - "Die Slow"
On the eve of a pair of Los Angeles shows in support of Nine Inch Nails, recently remixed noise-rockers HEALTH have released a self-directed video for Get Color standout "Die Slow." (It just dawned on me: The song opens with the staccato feel of Big Black rewritten for synthesizer before it transitions into dark-wave territory.) The pulsating, ultimately bloody clip overlays footage of the band rocking out, fashionable girls dancing, bodies writhing all over the place Roman orgy-style, and a zillion flashes. In the spirit of the quartet's Golden Ticket Sweepstakes, they also manage to work in a phone number, an infomercial's blank stare, and cheeky ordering instructions.
Get Color is out next week (9/8) via Lovepump. As mentioned, the guys hit the road tomorrow. The first two shows are with NIN, the rest with Pictureplane.
09/05 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre #
09/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex #
09/09 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
09/10 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
09/11 - Portland, OR @ The Works (Time-Based Art Festival)
09/12 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
09/13 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater (Monolith Festival)
09/17 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
09/18 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
09/19 - Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar
09/20 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
09/21 - Providence, RI @ Club Hell
09/22 - Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
09/24 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
09/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
09/26 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
09/27 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat (Circuits Fest)
# w/ Nine Inch Nails
Posted at 11:41 AM by brandon in Tour Dates, Video
Tags: HEALTH
Initial reactions: I'm having a seizure. Isn't this the Caprica pilot? Oh, it's Blade.
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For a band made video this was actually really cool. I also thought the last frame was really funny.
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I need an american express card stat! Do all their live sets induce seizures?
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Can someone please explain this band to me?! I just don't get it. This is one of the few bands I have never understood the hype. Apart from that, I really loved the video aside from the seemingly unnecessary violence in the end. Well, I liked everything except for the part where the singer is shown; for some reason, I wanted to annihilate him.
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Well they're just a band that uses loud noises and strange timbres to create cool rock songs. I don't know what else there is to explain.
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OH, well, I guess I just think it sucks then. Although I do love the statue-like girls in the vid; HOTZZ
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I long for the days when ritual sacrifice was mentioned in a non-ironic context by scary Norwegian dudes that sounded like the Cookie Monster. Now every hipster thinks it's cool to sacrifice people to Sheetar.
Great album btw.
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it's actually pretty cool, but, seriously, it sounds like stabbing westward.
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Yeah that's what I was thinking. Mid-90s industrial revival!
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holy crap, yeah! i was trying to place them.
Stabbing Westward had some decent moments (Ungod, WBB&P, Darkest Days was alright)
I'm looking forward to this album!
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Sounds like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE5JjQuabB8
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great live. suck on record.
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