Reptaliens return this year with their sophomore LP VALIS due out April 26th via Captured Tracks. The Portland-based five piece also has a brand new website which turns the VALIS artwork into a 3-D experience complete with clickable links. In addition, Reptaliens dropped a new video for their track “Shuggie II” off the upcoming album, and also announced a Spring tour–including dates with Turnstile and Turnover.
The visuals for “Shuggie II” were directed, filmed, and edited by the band’s Cole Browning. Featuring plenty of green screen fun, Browning explains:
“The video for ‘Shuggie II’ cycles through an alien’s understanding of various Earthly archetypes–each one portrayed by a different band member–culled from a collection of short stories. Together, the individual characters create a Village People-type vibe, and it was fun to lean into that concept and see how everyone reacted to their assigned roles. Our dog, Hambone, kept running in front of the green screen and getting in the way of shots, so we decided the only option was to add him into the video. He’s chillin’ with the alien because dogs are aliens too.”
Don’t miss Reptaliens upcoming tour dates after the YouTube embed below…
Reptaliens Spring Tour 2019:
03/07 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
03/08 – Los Angeles, CA – Satellite
03/10 – San Diego, CA – SPACE
03/11 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
03/12 – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
03/14 – 03/17 – Austin, TX – SXSW
03/19 – Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar (Free Show)
03/20 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
03/21 – Salt Lake City, UT – TBD
03/22 – 03/24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival
04/05 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live *
04/06 – Dallas, TX – Canton Hall *
04/07 – Austin, TX – Mohawk *
04/09 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee *
04/10 – San Diego, CA – Observatory *
04/23 – San Francisco – Regency Ballroom *
04/25 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
04/26 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret *
04/27 – Seattle, WA – Showbox *
04/29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex *
04/30 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theater *
05/02 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall *
05/03 – Detroit, MI – Majestic *
05/04 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater *
05/05 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel *
05/07 – Worcester, MA – Palladium *
05/08 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom *
05/09 – New Haven, CT – College St. Music Hall *
05/10 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA *
05/11 – Norfolk, VA – Norva *
05/12 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live *
* with Turnstile and Turnover
