More dangerous tales from LA’s urban underground toady, as clipping. release their new video for “Story 2“, off the band’s 2014 LP CLPPNG, out now via Sub Pop. Director Cristina Bercovitz returns to do a number on this paranoid cut, and while she focuses primarily on her protagonist’s legs as he returns home from work late one night, rapper Daveed Diggs‘ lyrics are so visually engaging as he spits this tightly twisted drama, that Bercovitz’s narrow focus becomes the perfect visual accompaniment, adding just the right tension without taking unnecessary attention away from “Story 2″‘s tightly packed details. Don’t miss the clipping. live dates below, as the LA trio is scheduled to play a select handful of European and US shows this coming August and September.
clipping. Live 2014:
FRI, Aug 1 Off Festival (Poland) , Katowice, Poland
FRI, Aug 8 Pehrspace, Los Angeles , CA
FRI, Aug 15 ATP Jabberwocky 2014, London, United Kingdom (Jabberwocky Festival)
THU, Aug 21 Black Cat, Washington, DC (w/Shabazz Palaces)
FRI, Aug 22 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA (w/Shabazz Palaces)
SAT, Aug 23 Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn, NY (Afropunk Fest!)
FRI, Sep 5 Hop Scotch Music Festival, Raleigh, NC
