Black Lips have a new video and it’s about as NSFW as you can get. No surprise considering the thing is directed by the ATL Twins (of Spring Breakers fame) and Matt Swinsky, who’s positioned himself as the documentary lover’s Harmony Korine. For the above “Boys in the Wood” clip, that trio wrangles a team of professional dirtbags to do what they do best: piss on each other, fight like caged animals, freebase all kinds of poisons, and even stage scenes of murder and rape. The Lips’ Jared Swilley is the victim of that latter brutality, though he reappears later fully clothed to smash his guitar from within a blazing fire. “When the boys start to drinking / You know it ain’t no good / Ain’t gonna live for tomorrow / You know you never should.” Hopefully everyone involved will at least see enough tomorrows to reach March 18, when Black Lips’ Underneath the Rainbow is released via Vice.
Black Lips tour dates:
March 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse (w/ Deerhunter)
March 11-16 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 20 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s *
March 21 – Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre *
March 22 – Santa Ana, CA @ Burgerama @ The Observatory
March 23 – Felton, CA @ Don Quixote’s *
March 24 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
March 25 – Sacramento, CA @ Assembly *
March 27 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre *
March 28 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s *
March 29 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater *
March 30 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux *
March 31 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
April 1 – Bogota, Colombia @ Club Las Vegas
April 2 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
April 3 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar *
April 4 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom *
April 5 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern *
April 14 – Richmond, VA @ The National ^
April 15 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat ^
April 17 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall ^
April 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^
April 19 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club ^
April 21 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre ^
April 22 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
April 24 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick ^
April 25 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom ^
April 26 – Chicago, IL @ TBA ^
April 27 – St, Paul, MN @ Turf Club ^
April 28 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room ^
April 29 – St Louis, MO @ The Firebird ^
April 30 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room ^
May 2—4 – Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest
May 16—18 – Gulf Shore, AL @ Hang Out Fest
* w/ The Coathangers
^ w/ Natural Child
