"Discover yourself with roller skating!" reads a homely sign at the end of Beach Slang's new sundrunk visual for their A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings single "Spin The Dial." Despite my oh-too-personal and painful relationship with gravity, Beach Slang's new video is selling me on the blades. Three badass roller skaters cruise along the California strip with heart-shaped sunglasses, colorful shorts, and bedazzled jackets. Cartwheels, spins, and seamless cruisin' alongside pals make "discovering yourself" seem like a breeze as lead singer James Alex proclaims romantic notions for a grungy renegade ("I got dust in my lips and a limp in my charm/ But got a halo on my heart"). Watch director Jason Lester's lo-fi video below.
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Beach Slang have a ton of tour dates coming up, including some with Minus The Bear and Jimmy Eat World:
03/10 Knitting Factory - Boise, ID *
03/11 The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT *
03/12 Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO *
03/14 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX*
03/15 Austin, TX - SXSW (Waterloo Records Day Party - 1:00p)
03/15 Austin, TX - SXSW (Taco Bell Feed the Beat - 8:30p)
03/16 Austin ,TX - SXSW (Brooklyn Vegan Party - 5p)
03/16 Austin, TX - SXSW (Polyvinyl Party - 4:30p)
03/17 Austin, TX - SXSW (Pitchfork Party - 4:30p)
03/17 Austin, TX - SXSW (SPIN Party - 11p)
03/18 White Oak's Music Hall - Houston, TX *
03/20 The Beacham Theatre -Orlando, FL *
03/21 Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA *
03/22 The Underground - Charlotte, NC *
03/23 The National - Richmond, VA *
03/24 Black Cat -Washington, DC *
03/25 Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA*
03/26 Royale - Boston, MA *
03/28 Webster Hall - New York, NY *
03/30 Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY *
03/31 The Opera House - Toronto, Canada
04/01 Mr. Small's Theatre - Millvale, PA *
04/02 St. Andrew's Hall - Detroit, MI *
04/04 First Line Music Café - Minneapolis, MN *
04/05 Slowdown - Omaha, NE *
04/06 House of Blues - Chicago, IL *
04/07 Delmar Hall - St. Louis, MO *
04/08 The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK*
04/10 The Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ *
04/12 The Belasco Theater - Los Angeles, CA *
04/13 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA *
04/14 Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR *
04/15 The Showbox - Seattle, WA *
04/20 The Casbah - San Diego, CA^
04/21 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV^
04/22 Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA^
04/24 Wilma Theater - Missoula, MT^
04/25 Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane, WA^
04/26 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC^
04/28 Palace Theatre - Calgary, AB^
04/29 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB^
04/30 O'Brian's Event Centre - Saskatoon, SK^
05/01 Garrick Centre - Winnipeg, MB^
05/02 The Aquarium - Fargo, ND^
05/04 Rose Music Hall - Columbia, MO^
05/05 Daytrotter - Davenport, IA^
05/06 Canopy Club - Urbana, IL^
05/07 20 Monroe Live - Grand Rapids, MI^
05/09 London Music Hall - London, ON^
05/10 Algonquin Commons Theatre - Ottawa, ON^
05/11 Aura - Portland, ME^
05/12 The Met - Pawtucket, RI^
05/13 Sherman Theater - Stroudsburg, PA^
05/15 Mainstage Morgantown - Morgantown, WV^
05/16 Bluebird - Bloomington, IN^
05/17 The Brass Bell - Fort Wayne, IN^
05/18 Wooly's - Des Moines, IA^
05/19 The Rave/Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI^
07/01 Hyde Park - London, United Kingdom (with Green Day and Rancid)
07/06-08 2000trees - Cheltenham, UK
07/14-16 Forecastle - Louisville, KY
07/15-16 Sloss Fest - Birmingham, AL
*with Minus the Bear
^with Jimmy Eat World
A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings is out now on Polyvinyl. Read our Beach Slang cover story.
