With a huge European tour kicking off next week, including 10 UK dates, Atlanta punks, The Coathangers, have shared a new video for ‘Captain’s Dead’. Taken from the forthcoming Parasite EP, out June 30th on Suicide Squeeze, the video for ‘Captain’s Dead’ combines the track's sultry verses, triumphant chorus, and bombastic freak-out of noisy guitar with ghoulish visuals.

“The song is about a very interesting and difficult time of personal transition that happened at the end of last year, which coincided with a changing political climate ushered in by the election of Donald Trump as president,” guitarist/vocalist Julia Kugel told Paste. “It was like the Trump ethos of savage ignorance was taking over every aspect of life, and then a realization that all things do circle and come back. The reward for malicious action is often a bag of shit, one way or another.

The video was shot by good friend and longtime Coathangers collaborator Matt Odom in and around our house in Long Beach. The badass cheerleaders were a play on the whole captain of the squad thing. We wanted this video to be a bit random and weird to the observer, yet the clip soaked in personal meaning. feels a bit like a feverish nightmare… a hex on assholes.”

Parasite’s cover features an illustration of The Coathangers as sirens of the sea, an image that aptly captures the nautical themes of the EP. But the notion of The Coathangers as both mischievous and enchanting is certainly fitting too, as is evident in the alternately piercing and beguiling tracks on their latest EP.

The Coathangers live dates:

May  12 UK Manchester Night & Day

May  13  UK Brighton The Joker

May  15 UK Bristol The Exchange

May  16 UK Oxford The Bullingdon

May  17 UK London Oslo

May  18 UK Hastings The Printworks

May  19 UK Leicester The Cookie

May  20 UK Leeds Gold Sounds @ Brudenell Social

May  21 UK Sheffield The Harley

May  23 UK Ramsgate Music Hall 

The Magpie Salute have announced the release of their brand-new single ‘Omission’, which is taken from their self-titled debut album and will be released on June 9th through Eagle Rock Entertainment. The explosive album follows the roaring success of their four back-to-back shows at London’s Under The Bridge last month. The band will be returning to play dates in Europe this summer before on embarking on a full US headline tour.

Produced by The Black Crowes guitarist and co-founder Rich Robinson, the musically tight and expansive album was recorded live-in-the-studio in front of an audience at Applehead Recording in Woodstock, New York, except for the brand-new studio track and single ‘Omission’. The album carries special significance as it marks the last recorded work by Eddie Harsch, the late Black Crowes keyboardist whose signature sound and gentle soul are woven into The Magpie Salute.

There’s a musical freedom on the band’s debut album, reflecting the musicians’ wide-ranging roots in the diverse selections of tracks, with half of the 10 songs coming in at over seven minutes in length. The new album offers fresh takes of The Black Crowes’ ‘What Is Home’ and ‘Wiser Time’ and new interpretations of songs ‘Comin’ Home’ by Delaney and Bonnie, Bobby Hutcherson’s ‘Goin’ Down South’, War’s ‘War Drums’, Pink Floyd’s ‘Fearless’, The Faces’ ‘Glad and Sorry’, Bob Marley’s ‘Time Will Tell’, (which The Black Crowes covered on their second album), and the traditional song ‘Ain’t No More Cane’.

Driven by the magic of the reunited Rich Robinson and Marc Ford guitar team, the Magpie Salute is an exciting new band featuring musicians who’ve played together for decades throughout various projects and share a deep musical bond. Joining Robinson and Ford will be former Crowes bassist Sven Pipien, drummer Joe Magistro and guitarist Nico Bereciartua. The group also boasts a fine cast of vocalists, including Robinson, Ford, lead singer John Hogg (Hookah Brown, Moke), former Crowes singer Charity White and background singers, Adrien Reju and Katrine Ottosen.

Listen To 'Omission’ Here