New York indie trailblazers BODEGA return today with news news that their third album, Our Brand Could Be Your Life will drop on April 12th on Chrysalis. The thrilling new single, ‘Tarkovski’ was debuted by Steve Lamacq on his new BBC 6 Music show yesterday evening. The live fan favourite acts as a first taster of their upcoming LP. An ever-ambitious, high-energy playful track that widens their sonic palette ever further, urging you to get up and move, offering an addictive set of songs that are both stylistically diverse and irresistibly anthemic.
Ben Hozie, joint lead vocalist said: ‘Tarkovski’ is a pun on the famous Russian director and skiing; I was enamoured by his book “Sculpting in Time” but found that many of his professed rules and guidelines for filmmaking were broken by his own filmmaking practices. Theory never really gets at what you want and applying theory to the chaotic practice of art making (while still useful and essential) is like skiing down a wild slope.”
The new single is accompanied by a visually arresting music video, directed by Luca Balser and starring Nikki’s mother. It quotes the climactic candle-carrying sequence in Tarkovsky’s 1983 feature-length ‘Nostalghia’ but quickly veers from studied long takes into punchy pop vogueing: theory never gets at what you really want.
In addition, a B-side to the single, ‘Adaptation of the Truth About Marie’, is available now exclusively from BODEGA’s Bandcamp.
The album will be available on digital, CD and a silver coloured vinyl paired with a 20 page lyric booklet. Rough Trade will also have an exclusive run of 100 lino prints, handmade, numbered and signed by the band’s own Nikki Belfiglio. Pre-order the upcoming album HERE
BODEGA will perform a hometown show this week at Brooklyn’s TV Eye, and have announced a number of live dates across the Spring in support of the record Stateside. They’ve also already confirmed a performance at Wide Awake Festival in the UK, with further dates in the UK and EU to be announced in due course.
JANUARY
10th – Brooklyn, NY, US – TV Eye
MARCH
12th – 16th – SXSW, US – Austin
APRIL
19th – Boston, MA, US – Rockwell
20th – Montreal, QC, CA – Bar le Ritz
21st – Toronto, ON, CA – Garrison
22nd – Cleveland, OH, US – Beachland Tavern
23rd – Chicago, IL, US – Schubas
25th – Pittsburgh, PA, US – Club Café
27th – Washington, DC, US – Comet Ping Pong
29th – Atlanta, GA, US – The Earl
30th – Savannah, GA, US – El Rocko
MAY
1st – Tampa, FL, US – Hooch and Hive
2nd – Miami, FL, US – Gramps
3rd – Jacksonville, FL, US – The Walrus
4th – Charlotte, NC, US – Snug Harbor
24th – Madrid, ES – Tomavistas Festival
25th – London, UK – Wide Awake Festival
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