AFI release surreal new music video for “Snow Cats”—watch
AFI have unveiled a surreal new video for the single “Snow Cats,” taken from their forthcoming and tenth LP AFI (The Blood Album).
Watch the mind-bending new music video, which premiered over at Pitchfork, below!
Read more: AFI unveil mesmerizing new video for “White Offerings”—watch
Picking up where they left off in the video for “White Offerings” and directed by Drew Kirsch, vocalist Davey Havok told Pitchfork that the video is meant to show a cyclical struggle.
“Expanding endlessly from an empty room, the ‘Snow Cats’ video animates a cyclical struggle with the surreal colors of applied persona and identity,” Havok said.
The group’s new album AFI (The Blood Album) is set for a Jan. 20 release.
On the decision for the AFI and The Blood Album combination for the title, Jade Puget told AP, “Originally, we wanted just have it self-titled because it’s been 10 records and AFI has never had a self-titled record. But because the album artwork has these three blood drops on the front, we just started calling it The Blood Album. So people started thinking it was the actual title, and because we didn’t want to confuse anyone, we made it official.”
Read the full interview with Puget here, and watch the video for “Snow Cats” below.
AFI are heading out on The Blood Tour next year. Check out the full list of cities and dates below.
Dates (*Features Chain Gang of 1974, **Features Nothing):
Jan 20 – LOS ANGELES, CA @ TROUBADOUR*
Jan 21 – OAKLAND, CA @ FOX THEATER*
Jan 23 – PORTLAND, OR @ ROSELAND THEATER*
Jan 24 – VANCOUVER, BC @ COMMODORE BALLROOM*
Jan 25 – SEATTLE, WA @ THE SHOWBOX*
Jan 27 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ THE DEPOT*
Jan 28 – ENGLEWOOD, CO @ GOTHIC THEATRE*
Jan 30 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ FIRST AVENUE*
Jan 31 – CHICAGO, IL @ RIVIERA THEATER*
Feb 1 – TORONTO, ON @ DANFORTH MUSIC HALL*
Feb 3 – NEW YORK, NY @ HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
Feb 4 – BOSTON, MA @ PARADISE ROCK CLUB**
Feb 6 – PHILADELPHIA, PA @ UNION TRANSFER**
Feb 7 – WASHINGTON DC @ 9:30 CLUB**
Feb 8 – BALTIMORE, MD @ RAMS HEAD LIVE
Feb 10 – ORLANDO, FL @ THE PLAZA LIVE**
Feb 11 – ATLANTA, GA @ BUCKHEAD THEATRE**
Feb 13 – HOUSTON, TX @ WHITE OAK MUSIC HALL
Feb 14 – AUSTIN, TX @ EMO'S**
Feb 15 – DALLAS, TX @ SOUTH SIDE MUSIC HALL**
Feb 17 – TEMPE, AZ @ THE MARQUEE**
Feb 18 – LAS VEGAS, NV @ THE JOINT**
Feb 20 – SAN DIEGO, CA @ OBSERVATORY NORTH PARK**
Feb 21 – SAN DIEGO, CA @ OBSERVATOR NORTH PARK**
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