Black Marble returns today with a brand new video for the track “Private Show” off his upcoming LP Bigger Than Life due out October 25th via Sacred Bones. In anticipation of the upcoming album, this summer Chris Stewart has released videos for the tracks “Feels” and “One Eye Open.” This newest effort was shot at the Neshoba County Fair in Mississippi and it is the first Black Marble video in which Stewart himself has appeared.
Discussing the track, the musician explains that the song deals with “themes of solitude vs. community and counterbalancing the desire for personal recognition against the feelings of safety and anonymity…” As the video’s protagonist, Stewart cuts a solitary figure amongst the fairgoers. While revelers enjoy amusement park rides, the rodeo, and concerts, Stewart chooses a more introverted path amongst the crowd.
Directed by Ben Joyner, he explains that the concept for the video “was born out of my personal relationship” with the Neshoba County Fair–“the nation’s largest campground fair.” Calling it a “wild and beautiful place,” Joyner also acknowledges that the event seems almost “frozen in time” and that it comes with a “historical tension” that is “palpable.” With this history providing the video’s subtext, the week-long fair seems the perfect place to explore Stewart’s themes of solitude and community. The musician adds:
“Both I and the director grew up in the south and likely felt some of the themes from the song personally, so it was easy for me to be this person who moves through this seductive and tight-knit world like a ghost.”
Black Marble will tour North America this coming November. You can find a full list of the upcoming dates after the YouTube embed below…
BLACK MARBLE – November Tour Dates
Nov 2 Los Angeles, CA SUBSTANCE at the Los Angeles Theater
Nov 5 TUCSON, AZ Club Congress
Nov 7 Austin, TX Levitation at Empire Control Room
Nov 8 Oklahoma City, OK 89th Street
Nov 9 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
Nov 10 Nashville, TN The Basement
Nov 12 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
Nov 13 State College, PA Webster’s
Nov 14 Oberlin, OH Oberlin College
Nov 15 Toronto, ON Eisbaer 2019
Nov 16 Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
Nov 19 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom
Nov 20 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
Nov 21 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
Nov 22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (Record Release Show) w/ Automatic
Nov 24 Washington, DC Black Cat
