Consider inviting Speedy Ortiz into your home for the holidays — the Massachusetts fuzz-merchants are the gift that keeps giving. Their excellent debut album has delivered the clobbering “Plough,” a charmingly bizarre video for “Tiger Tank,” and the lilting loner anthem “No Below.” Now, courtesy of director Boast Choan, we have a video for the latter that thankfully finds singer/guitarist Sadie Dupuis surrounded by friends. But just because they’re all hanging out in the woods together that doesn’t mean their commune with nature is a wholesome one. Hit play above to witness the bizarre rituals, which involve bones and blood and fur and some truly disgusting looking sandwiches.
Speedy Ortiz tour dates:
December 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue #
December 13 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon #
December 14 – Chicago, IL @ Metro #
December 15 – Columbus, OH @ Kafe Kerouac
December 16 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom #
December 18 – Boston, MA @ Paradise #
December 19 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall #
December 20 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall #
January 3 – New Haven, CT @ TBA $
January 4 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Keystone $
January 5 – Baltimore, MD @ Floristree $
January 6 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter $
January 7 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 $
January 8 – Charleston, SC @ TBA $
January 11 – Tallahassee, FL @ Office Lounge $
January 12 – Atlanta, GA @ Capsule Gallery $
January 13 – Birmingham, AL @ The Forge $
January 14 – Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox $
January 15 – Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight $
January 16 – Charlottesville, VA @ Tea Bazaar $
January 21 – Boston, MA @ Paradise %
January 22 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza %
February 13 – Birmingham, England @ Hare & Hounds ^
February 14 – Leeds, England @ Brudenell Social Club ^
February 15 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Broadcast ^
February 16 – Manchester, England @ Deaf Institute ^
February 18 – London, England @ Birthdays (NME Awards)
February 19 – London, England @ The Lexington ^
February 20 – Brighton, England @ Green Door Store ^
February 21 – Paris, France @ Trabendo (Fireworks Fest)
February 22 – Lille, France @ La Peniche
February 24 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
February 25 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
February 26 – Hamburg, Germany @ Turmzimmer
February 27 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ BETA
February 28 – Berlin, Denmark @ Magnet Club
March 1 – Vienna, Austria @ Flex
March 6 – Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover
March 27 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s @
March 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey @
March 29 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah @
March 30 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s @
April 1 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom @
April 3 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge @
April 5 – Missoula, MT @ Top Hat @
April 7 – Calgary, Alberta @ Republik @
April 8 – Edmonton, Alberta @ Starlite Room @
April 10 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rickshaw @
April 11 – Victoria, British Columbia @ Lucky Bar @
April 12 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre @
# with Breeders
$ with Grass is Green
% with Los Campesinos
@ with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
^ with Joanna Gruesome