Roadkill Ghost Choir Release Music Video For “Down & Out” + Tour Starts Today!
Today, Florida’s Roadkill Ghost Choir released a video for their song “Down & Out.” Directed by Micah Weisburg, the video features impressive and creative cinematography that focuses on a montage of artful images designed to bring an emotional resonance in the song. The band’s Andy Shepard commented, “… the song reminded him of wandering the streets late at night.”
Watch Roadkill Ghost Choir’s “Down & Out” Music Video
A still from the video
The band are also currently on tour in support of their debut album In Tongues, which was released in August; you can check out the full itinerary below.
In Tongues was streamed via Consequence of Sound and Relix praised the album with, “In Tongues sounds like the kid brother to MMJ’s classic It Still Moves: it’s a modern take on Americana flush with pedal steel guitar, spacey keys, churning percussion and Andrew Shepard’s vocals…his voice [is] an ethereal gust of wind blowing through these stormy songs.”
Listen to “No Enemy” from In Tongues here.
Emerging from the desolate heart of Central Florida, Roadkill Ghost Choir make unsettling, powerful American rock ~ think Tom Petty by way of Radiohead and Cormac McCarthy. Set against Kiffy Myer’s ghostly pedal steel, singer and main songwriter Andrew Shepard skillfully conjures an allegorical American landscape of drifters, specters and violent saints. His brothers Maxx (drums) and Zach (bass) round out the rhythm section, and Stephen Garza handles lead guitar.
The band released their debut EP Quiet Light in 2013 in the midst of a touring run that included opening slots for Band of Horses and festival slots at New York’s Governor’s Ball, Austin City Limits, and Shaky Knees in Atlanta, GA. In January 2014, the band was invited to appear on “The David Letterman Show,” where they performed “Beggar’s Guild.”
Roadkill Ghost Choir on Tour
At the Mercury Lounge in NY, photo by @mymusicmission
Wed 12.3 // Denver, CO // Larimer Lounge tickets
Fri 12.5 // Seattle, WA // Barboza tickets
Tues 12.9 // Portland, OR // Doug Fir Lounge tickets
Wed 12.10 // Ashland, OR // Brickroom Gathering House
Thurs 12.11 // San Francisco, CA // Milk Bar tickets
Fri 12.12 // Los Angeles, CA // Bootleg Hi-Fi tickets
Fri 12.26 // Atlanta, GA // The Earl tickets
Sat 12.27 // Macon, GA //Cox Capitol Theatre * tickets
Fri 1.09.15 // Athens, GA // Georgia Theatre ^ tickets
Wed 1.14.15 New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom ~ tickets
* Supporting T Hardy Morris
^ Supporting Family and Friends Band
~ Supporting Dr. Dog
Photo by Matt Condon
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