Atlanta’s Material Girls are certainly no strangers to the dark and macabre. Their debut full length, Leather, spent much of its running time transmitting a bleak and sinister aura, with anxiety-inducing songs that alternated between depravity and dread. On its own, “There She Goes” stumbles and skulks across your speakers like some ghastly funeral procession, a chilling dirge built on morbid post-punk squall and eerie art rock textures. But set to the parade of haunting and surreal visuals the unfold in the band’s new video, the song takes on an even greater degree of Lynchian terror.
Directed by Material Girls bassist/vocalist Meghan Dowlen and photographer/filmmaker Ben Rouse, the clip’s choppy edits, noir lighting, and spectral settings combine to create an unnerving atmosphere of grim paranoia. In it, Dowlen and bandmate/vocalist Ben Presley appear in variety of bizarre scenes, their fractured movements and harrowing expressions doing the majority of the narrative heavy lifting. Much like their music, the video is less about moving towards a resolution, and more about immersing yourself deeply in the possibilities of the moment. In this case, that means staring into the heart of a nihilistic void as a trenchant darkness collects all around you.
Watch/listen above.
In addition to the new video, the band have also announced details for an upcoming European tour. Kicking off on March 1st in Copenhagen, Denmark, the six-week trek will take the group throughout much of the continent, including stops in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, as well as many of the usual western European destinations. You can check out the full list of dates below.
Material Girls European Tour Dates
Mar 01 – Copenhagen, DK – Store VEGA w/ Iceage
Mar 04 – Hamburg, DE – Das Archipel
Mar 06 – Prague, CZ – Academy of Fine Arts
Mar 08 – Graz, AT – Die Graslerei
Mar 09 – Pècs, HU – Szabadkikötőb
Mar 19 – Kumanovo, MK – Bar Agorà
Mar 20 – Skopje, MK – TBA
Mar 21 – Sofia, BG – Mixtape 5, Side B
Mar 23 – Timisoara, RO – Reflektor Venue
Mar 24 – Niš, RS – Klub Feedback
Mar 25 – Belgrade, RS – MKC Kombinat
Mar 27 – Berlin, DE – The Monarch
Mar 28 – Eindhoven, NL – Stroomhuis
Mar 29 – Leipzig, DE – Mjut
Mar 31 – Warsaw, PL – Poglos
Apr 02 – Vienna, AT – Fluc
Apr 03 – Bologna, IT – Freakout
Apr 04 – Rome, IT – Fanfulla
Apr 05 – Firenze, IT – Titty Twister
Apr 06 – Lausanne, CH – Le Bourg
Apr 07 – Grenoble, FR – La Bobine
Apr 08 – Rennes, FR – Le Terminus, TBC
Apr 09 – Bristol, UK – The Lanes
Apr 10 – Hull, UK – Adelphi Club
Apr 11 – London, UK – Five Bells
Apr 12 – Paris, FR – Le Klub
Apr 13 – Ostend, BE – De Zwerver
More Info
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Bandcamp: materialgirls.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud: @materialgirlsusa