Last month, Homeshake — a.k.a. Toronto's Peter Sagar — announced plans for his fifth studio album, Under the Weather. We're now getting another glimpse of what's to come from the record with a new single titled "I Know I Know I Know."
The track is accompanied by its own animated video from Brain Dead Studios, with choreography by Azuki Umeda and direction by Keith Rankin and Ellen Thomas.
"I had been wanting to work with the dancer Azuki Umeda for a while," Rankin said of the collaboration, "She had made a few pieces of choreography for me, and I put one against the Homeshake song thinking it might be too frantic, but it actually matched perfectly."
The director continued: "Me and my partner Ellen Thomas came up with an abstracted figure look and did rotoscope animation over the dance sequence, I hope it looks like a dream landscape."
Sagar will take Under the Weather on the road in early 2022, beginning with a performance at Edmonton's Starlite Room on April 2. Homeshake will make stops in Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver along the way, in addition to several scheduled dates in the U.S. Salami Rose Joe Louis will offer support for most dates south of the border.
Watch the new video for "I Know I Know I Know" below, where you'll also find Homeshake's full tour itinerary.
Homeshake 2022 Tour Dates:
04/02 Edmonton, AB - Starlite
04/03 Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
04/15 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
04/16 Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre
04/18 Boston, MA - Royale
04/19 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
04/20 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
04/22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04/23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
04/24 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
04/25 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
04/27 New Orleans, LA - Republic New Orleans
04/28 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
04/29 Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas *
04/30 Dallas, TX - TBA
05/02 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger *
05/03 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace *
05/04 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
05/06 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park *
05/07 Las Vegas, NV - 24 Oxford at Virgin Hotels *
05/08 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory *
05/12 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
05/13 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom *
05/14 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
05/16 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre *
05/17 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile *
05/19 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
05/20 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
05/21 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
05/23 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
05/24 Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar Cultural Center *
05/25 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
05/26 Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theater *
* with Salami Rose Joe Louis
The track is accompanied by its own animated video from Brain Dead Studios, with choreography by Azuki Umeda and direction by Keith Rankin and Ellen Thomas.
"I had been wanting to work with the dancer Azuki Umeda for a while," Rankin said of the collaboration, "She had made a few pieces of choreography for me, and I put one against the Homeshake song thinking it might be too frantic, but it actually matched perfectly."
The director continued: "Me and my partner Ellen Thomas came up with an abstracted figure look and did rotoscope animation over the dance sequence, I hope it looks like a dream landscape."
Sagar will take Under the Weather on the road in early 2022, beginning with a performance at Edmonton's Starlite Room on April 2. Homeshake will make stops in Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver along the way, in addition to several scheduled dates in the U.S. Salami Rose Joe Louis will offer support for most dates south of the border.
Watch the new video for "I Know I Know I Know" below, where you'll also find Homeshake's full tour itinerary.
Homeshake 2022 Tour Dates:
04/02 Edmonton, AB - Starlite
04/03 Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
04/15 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
04/16 Montreal, QC - Fairmount Theatre
04/18 Boston, MA - Royale
04/19 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
04/20 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
04/22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04/23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
04/24 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
04/25 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
04/27 New Orleans, LA - Republic New Orleans
04/28 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
04/29 Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas *
04/30 Dallas, TX - TBA
05/02 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger *
05/03 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace *
05/04 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
05/06 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park *
05/07 Las Vegas, NV - 24 Oxford at Virgin Hotels *
05/08 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory *
05/12 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
05/13 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom *
05/14 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
05/16 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre *
05/17 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile *
05/19 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
05/20 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
05/21 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
05/23 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
05/24 Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar Cultural Center *
05/25 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
05/26 Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theater *
* with Salami Rose Joe Louis
