David Thomas Broughton has released a video for the opening track on his new album “Outbreeding”.Watch this intoxicating video for the ‘River Lay’ below. David is in the middle of a clutch of UK shows, see the remaining dates below.
Every track on the album has a video – some lo-fi or abstract, some huge productions with complete casts and sets. The “River Lay” video is a beautiful, intricate stop-motion epic by emerging director Sonny Malhotra, which sees a book being slowly consumed. “I like that it is the book of knowledge that is being destroyed by the song,” says Broughton. “It’s fitting, as the song is about laziness”.
Tonight see DTB take to the stage at Kings Place in London for the “Outbreeding” album release party. Broughton’s famous semi-improvised live show baffles and beguiles; starting songs with beautiful refrains, he engulfs them in feedback and noise, removing the layers one by one to reveal once again the beauty beneath. Elements of physical comedy, bouts of beat boxing, Elvis-impersonating dance moves and surreal tics and pauses further complicate things. As seen at festivals such as Primavera, End Of The Road, SXSW and Green Man, Broughton is an artist that thrives on the stage.
“Outbreeding” is at once raw, honest, playful and poignant, leaving the listener unsure of whether to laugh or weep – the exact kind of divergent response that has made David Thomas Broughton inspire such devotion in his fans and followers. For DTB converts, “Outbreeding” is essential listening; for the uninitiated it’s the perfect entry point into his magical body of work.
Dates:
29 Sun Norwich Playhouse Bar
30 Mon Manchester Eurocultured
31 Tue Oxford St Columba’s Church
