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Watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Intense, Slightly NSFW ‘Sacrilege’ Video

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Sacrilege," video

Violence almost always turns out to be acceptable in American society, but sexuality is another story. Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new video for gospel-rock anthem “Sacrilege” cryptically riffs on this theme, with a sinister manhunt and womanhunt that involves someone making out all over town. Directed by Megaforce (Madonna, Kid Cudi), the clip shows just enough breast that your boss might deem it NSFW sacrilege. And it ends with a wedding, though there are no overt references to today’s Supreme Court oral arguments legalizing same-sex marriage. The New York trio’s new album Mosquito is due out on April 16, and this song is sacrilicious.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2013 tour dates:

April 7 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
April 12 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
April 13 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pool @ Cosmopolitan
April 16 – Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theater
April 19 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
May 1 – Manchester, England @ O2 Apollo
May 2 – Leeds, England @ O2 Academy
May 4 – London, England @ Alexandra Palace
May 6 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
May 8 – Paris, France @ Olympia
May 11 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavillion
May 12 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues – Boston
May 19 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Festival
June 22 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
June 24 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
June 28 – Kansas City, KS @ Kanrocksas at Kansas Speedway
July 14 – Balado/Kinross-shire, Scotland @ T in the Park Festival
July 17 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
July 18 – Dour, Belgium @ Dour Music Festival
July 20 – Suffolk, England @ Henham Park (Latitude Festival)
July 21 – Dublin, Ireland @ Longitude Festival