If you’ve got seen The Wombats reside, you already know the British trio delivers a efficiency filled with vitality and shade — and their newest video is proof of that.
Though the video for the group’s new single “Bee-Sting” is not from a reside present, the clip sees The Wombats performing the observe in an unfinished warehouse, sporting brightly coloured garments as trippy neon lights pop up across the room. The video makes the Wombats guys (frontman Matthew “Murph” Murphy, drummer Dan Haggis, and bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen) look fairly cool, however Murph admits the set was precisely the alternative. Well, aside from his outfit.
“Filmed on a scorching summer time’s day in Shoreditch, I’d had zero sleep, there have been no electrical followers and I used to be principally sweating uncontrollably for hours on finish,” Murph remembers. “But that jacket was price it!”
Despite the warmth, “Bee-Sting” director Sam Taylor recommended The Wombats for giving the efficiency their all and making the video particular. “The Wombats, to me, have all the time meant vitality, vitality, vitality!” he exclaims. “So we charged round with the digital camera and minimize it so quick it feels such as you’re going to fall over.”
“Bee-Sting” is one among three new tracks The Wombats simply launched as a part of an prolonged model of their newest album, Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life. The trio kick off one other North American headlining trek on the finish of the month, so those that have not seen The Wombats in motion will get their probability. For now, the electrical “Bee-Sting” video will do.
Check out the “Bee-Sting” video and The Wombats’ upcoming tour dates beneath.
The Wombats Fall Tour Dates
September 27 — Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco Theatre
September 28 — San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
September 29 — San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
October 2 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex – Grand Room
October 3 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
October 6 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
October 8 — Minneapolis, MN @ Music Hall Minneapolis
October 9 — Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
October 11 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
October 12 — Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
October 13 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
October 15 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
October 16 — Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine
October 18 — Richmond, VA @ The National
October 19 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
October 20 — Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
October 22 — Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
October 23 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
October 24 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues
October 26 — Montreal, QB @ Corona Theatre
October 27 — Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
October 30 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5