Cass McCombs Shares ‘I’m A Shoe’ Video
CASS MCCOMBS SHARES ‘I’M A SHOE’ VIDEO
BEGINS EUROPEAN TOUR TODAY
MANGY LOVE OUT NOW VIA ANTI-
“One of the most compelling singer-songwriters of the past decade”
Uncut
“McCombs has yet to make a bad record, but Mangy Love is up there with his very best. Stunning”
4/5 Q
“This is another classic McCombs album”
4/5 NME
Watch the video for ‘I’m A Shoe’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oqo6NRwDo0
Having released his eighth studio album Mangy Love in 2016 to critical acclaim including ‘Albums of the Year’ list mentions from the likes of Q (#7), MOJO and Uncut; Cass McCombs premiers his new video ‘I’m A Shoe,’ directed by previous collaborator Rachael Pony Cassells.
A striking encapsulation of the mood of one of Mangy Love‘s more sombre cuts; the video wrestles with polarised emotions as Cass glides through a bleak yet strangely beautiful industrial desert, a faint smile dancing on his lips.
Rachael had the following to say of the video:
“Creation, destruction, boom, ghost. In the song ‘I’m a Shoe’, Cass references the California boomtown / ghost town of Bodie, a town that rose to peak population in the late 1800’s gold rush. As people swarmed Bodie and scrambled to strike it rich, the town developed an unrivaled reputation for great violence, murder and a much feared figure – the “Bad Man of Bodie.”“
The video for ‘I’m a Shoe’ was filmed at the ghost town of Mare Island, Vallejo, California which in the chronology of California boomtown /ghost towns, directly follows the demise of Bodie. Bodie’s official end and Mare Island’s boom both came about to service the needs of World War II. The Roosevelt’s government’s War Production Board ordered the closure of Bodie’s gold mines in order to divert labor and equipment to the requirements of the war. Mare Island peaked at this time employing over 40,000 people building warships and submarines, it now sits in ruins. It is a very compelling ghost town with a strange discomforting atmosphere. How will this next uncertain chapter of US history unfold? What will be swarmed, extracted or built? What will be abandoned in the future for the vultures to inherit?
Cass McCombs made his US network television debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, on December 16. You can watch his performance of ‘Bum Bum Bum’ here.
The video comes ahead of Cass’ January/February 2017 European tour starting tomorrow. A full list of dates can be found below.
Mangy Love is out now via ANTI-.
Tour dates
20-Jan Whelans, Dublin (IE)
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21-Jan Roisin Dubh, Galway (IE)
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23-Jan The Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
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24-Jan Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (UK)
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25-Jan Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (UK)
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26-Jan The Haunt, Brighton (UK)
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27-Jan Museum Secq Tournelles, Rouen (FR)
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28-Jan Le Rocher De Palmer, Bordeaux (FR)
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30-Jan Donostia Kutxa Kultur Festibala, San Sebastian (ES)
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31-Jan Auditorio de Orense, Orense (ES)
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1-Feb Centro de Arte de Ovar, Ovar (PT)
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2-Feb Teatro Lara, Madrid (ES)
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03-Feb Sala Borja, Valladolid (ES)
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4-Feb Las Armas, Zaragoza (ES)
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5-Feb Centre Artesà Tradicionarius, Barcelona (ES)
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7-Feb Le Rockstore, Montpelier (FR)
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8-Feb Biko Club, Milan (IT)
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09-Feb Monk Club, Rome (IT)
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10-Feb Istanbul Kultur Sanat Vakfi (Salon IKSV), Istanbul (TK)
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15-Feb Pustervik, Göteborg (SE)
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16-Feb Frost Festival, Copenhagen (DE)
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18-Feb Bitterzoest, Amersterdam (NE)
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20-Feb Rotondes, Luxembourg
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21-Feb Het Depot, Leuven (BR)
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22-Feb Les Trinitaires, Metz (FR)
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23-Feb Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing (FR)
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14-Jun Bergenfest, Bergen (NO)
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22-Jun Piknik i Parken Festival, Vigeland (NO)
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Praise for Mangy Love
“Lyrically as kaleidoscopic as mid-‘60s Dylan, and packed with fascinating references”
9/10 Uncut
“One of those rare albums that reveals a little more with every play”
4/5 The Observer
“This is music of rare guile and originality”
4.5/5 The Sun
“His most succinct and affecting work since the near-perfect Wit’s End”
4/5 MOJO
“McCombs sounds ready to make his commercial breakthrough”
4/5 Evening Standard
“Prepare to be smitten”
4/5 Metro
“Mangy Love is [his] most wide-ranging and direct album yet”
9/10 Future Music
“Mangy Love is a terrific, bizarre album made up of familiar parts rearranged into something new”
8/10 The Line of Best Fit
“Long live Cass McCombs”
8/10 Drowned in Sound
“Cass McCombs is one of our greatest modern day songwriters”
8/10 God Is In The TV
“You don’t often hear such accomplished playing and ambition”
4/5 Dork
“Mangy Love stands toe-to-toe with his best releases”
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