Andy Shauf has announced a tour in support of his 2020 album, The Neon Skyline, and he's also shared a video for the track "Living Room."
The schedule includes a string of U.S. shows for September, followed by an extensive 2022 tour with dates in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. The Canadian dates are planned for February 2022; he will play Ottawa, Montreal and a two-night stand in Toronto. Ticket information can be found over at Shauf's website.
As for the "Living Room" video, the animated clip was directed by Anne Douris, who said this in a statement:
This is a story about growing up lonely. In particular, it's about how wage labour — the business of having to work to survive — shapes our lives from the moment we are born. I think we mistake childhood as being a time of "freedom" when actually our lives are entangled in the struggle of working adults. So I wanted to weave together these scenes of childhood solitude, foggy recollections of being left alone in our empty house, where playfulness and imagination are tainted by fear. Fear of the dark, fear of abandonment, fear of loss. Visually inspired by the NFB cartoons I devoured as a kid, I wanted it to feel like an old worn out memory, discoloured by time and distorted each time it's remembered. Like these memories that we don't share with anyone else are more vulnerable — ephemeral to the point of disintegrating.
See the tour schedule and the "Living Room" video below.
Read Exclaim!'s interview with Shauf about The Neon Skyline.
Tour dates:
09/09/2021 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
09/10/2021 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
09/14/2021 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
09/15/2021 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College
09/16/2021 Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi
09/17/2021 Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop
02/03/2022 Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre
02/04/2022 Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
02/05/2022 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
02/06/2022 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
02/17/2022 Sheffield, MA - Race Brook Lodge
02/18/2022 Woodstock, NY - Colony Cafe
02/20/2022 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern Music Hall
02/22/2022 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
02/23/2022 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
02/24/2022 Birmingham, AL - Saturn
02/25/2022 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
03/30/2022 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03/31/2022 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
04/03/2022 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04/18/2022 Düdingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn
04/20/2022 Mérignac, France - Le Krakatoa
04/21/2022 Paris, France - Trianon
04/22/2022 Rouen, France - Le 106
04/23/2022 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
04/24/2022 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Vredenburg
04/25/2022 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
04/26/2022 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
04/28/2022 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
04/29/2022 Oslo, Norway - Ingensteds
04/30/2022 Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen Klubb
05/02/2022 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
05/03/2022 Berlin, Germany - Silent Green
05/05/2022 Brussels, Belgium - Les Nuits Botanique Festival
05/06/2022 Cologne, Germany - Luxor
05/07/2022 Genk, Belgium - Little Waves Festival
05/09/2022 Birmingham, UK - The Castle & Falcon
05/10/2022 Edinburgh, UK - Summerhall
05/11/2022 Glasgow, UK - Drygate
05/12/2022 Manchester, UK - Gorilla
05/13/2022 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
05/14/2022 Bristol, UK - Fiddlers
05/15/2022 Brighton, UK - Chalk
05/16/2022 London, UK - Shepherd's Bush Empire
05/18/2022 Belfast, UK - Em in pire
05/19/2022 Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
The schedule includes a string of U.S. shows for September, followed by an extensive 2022 tour with dates in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. The Canadian dates are planned for February 2022; he will play Ottawa, Montreal and a two-night stand in Toronto. Ticket information can be found over at Shauf's website.
As for the "Living Room" video, the animated clip was directed by Anne Douris, who said this in a statement:
This is a story about growing up lonely. In particular, it's about how wage labour — the business of having to work to survive — shapes our lives from the moment we are born. I think we mistake childhood as being a time of "freedom" when actually our lives are entangled in the struggle of working adults. So I wanted to weave together these scenes of childhood solitude, foggy recollections of being left alone in our empty house, where playfulness and imagination are tainted by fear. Fear of the dark, fear of abandonment, fear of loss. Visually inspired by the NFB cartoons I devoured as a kid, I wanted it to feel like an old worn out memory, discoloured by time and distorted each time it's remembered. Like these memories that we don't share with anyone else are more vulnerable — ephemeral to the point of disintegrating.
See the tour schedule and the "Living Room" video below.
Read Exclaim!'s interview with Shauf about The Neon Skyline.
Tour dates:
09/09/2021 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
09/10/2021 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
09/14/2021 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
09/15/2021 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College
09/16/2021 Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi
09/17/2021 Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop
02/03/2022 Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre
02/04/2022 Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
02/05/2022 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
02/06/2022 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
02/17/2022 Sheffield, MA - Race Brook Lodge
02/18/2022 Woodstock, NY - Colony Cafe
02/20/2022 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern Music Hall
02/22/2022 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
02/23/2022 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
02/24/2022 Birmingham, AL - Saturn
02/25/2022 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
03/30/2022 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03/31/2022 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
04/03/2022 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04/18/2022 Düdingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn
04/20/2022 Mérignac, France - Le Krakatoa
04/21/2022 Paris, France - Trianon
04/22/2022 Rouen, France - Le 106
04/23/2022 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
04/24/2022 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Vredenburg
04/25/2022 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
04/26/2022 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
04/28/2022 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
04/29/2022 Oslo, Norway - Ingensteds
04/30/2022 Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen Klubb
05/02/2022 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
05/03/2022 Berlin, Germany - Silent Green
05/05/2022 Brussels, Belgium - Les Nuits Botanique Festival
05/06/2022 Cologne, Germany - Luxor
05/07/2022 Genk, Belgium - Little Waves Festival
05/09/2022 Birmingham, UK - The Castle & Falcon
05/10/2022 Edinburgh, UK - Summerhall
05/11/2022 Glasgow, UK - Drygate
05/12/2022 Manchester, UK - Gorilla
05/13/2022 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
05/14/2022 Bristol, UK - Fiddlers
05/15/2022 Brighton, UK - Chalk
05/16/2022 London, UK - Shepherd's Bush Empire
05/18/2022 Belfast, UK - Em in pire
05/19/2022 Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory