SHARE GRAPHIC NOVEL ILLUSTRATED VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “NEW DISASTER”
CREATED BY MARVEL COMICS ILLUSTRATOR ENIS CISIC AND AWARD WINNING TONI HUML
TAKEN FROM THE NEW ALBUM “DETOUR DE FORCE OUT JULY 16TH
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Last week, the multi-platinum band Barenaked Ladies announced that their 16th studio album Detour de Force will be released on July 16, 2021, as well as releasing topical new single ‘New Disaster’ which was performed on The Morning Show.
Ed Robertson (Songwriter, lead singer, guitarist) says of ‘New Disaster’, “It is about the distraction of modern politics coupled with the pressures of the 24-hour news cycle, which is so sensational, un-vetted and un-researched. It seemed like the Nostradamus predictions of new disaster were getting worse and worse, even after we recorded the song.”
Today they share an animated video for the new single to go alongside the track’s topical subject matter. It uses a graphic novel style presentation with comic book visual language to tell the story of the quintessential family unit who are watching the news. The mother and father are hypnotised by the TV screen and the son – by his mobile phone screen. The screens are showing chaos and destruction in the 24-hour news style, with an antagonistic anchorman and aggressive advertising, complete with nods to films like Dr.Strangelove and They Live. However, the little girl sees past the screen and her spell is broken by the music of Barenaked Ladies. She becomes a part of the music and brings that joy back to the living room and liberates the hypnosis of the rest of her family.
It was created, illustrated and animated by Sarajevo (B&H) based artists Enis Cisic and Toni Huml. Cisic has had his work shown in festivals and galleries internationally, and seen on the pages of Marvel comics. He was the artist behind the award-winning comic book “The Secret of Nikola Tesla”. Huml has worked on multiple award-winning music videos, animated short forms, and feature film VFX.
The eagerly awaited album was produced by JUNO and Grammy award winner Eric Ratz and Mark Howard, and features 14 newly minted tracks including the Consequence premiered ‘Flip’, a buoyant and sonically adventurous debut single and BNL’s first new music in four years. Detour de Force is available on CD and digital formats, along with a limited edition blue double vinyl featuring a bonus track.
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Detour de Force is BNL at its most ambitious, accomplished, intricate, intentional — and, in some ways, circumstantial. Its gestation was long and exacerbated (as so many things have been) by the global pandemic. The good news is that it’s BNL’s most broad-reaching and diverse work to date — fusing the distinct writing voices of Robertson, Hearn and Creeggan into a cohesive work from the stand-out tracks ‘Flip’, ‘New Disaster’, and ‘Good Life’, to the uptempo fun of ‘Flat Earth’, the playful and country-flavoured ‘Roll Out’ to the gentle melodics of ‘Live Well’, ‘The National Park’, ‘God Forbid’, and ‘Man Made Lake’ to the sonic roller coaster of the album-closing ‘Internal Dynamo’.
The depth goes beyond sonics throughout the album. Though there’s certainly the verbal playfulness and whimsy that’s part of BNL’s stock in trade, many of the songs have a reflective and philosophical, sometimes topical, underpinning that’s also long been part of the BNL makeup.
“We’ve always liked that our band is very diverse in what we do,” says Robertson, “and on this record I really enjoyed the exploration. This record is a journey. Taking off one song would tip it in a way we didn’t feel was representative of the record we made. We wanted everything that’s here to be part of the record.”
Adds Tyler Stewart, “This is some of our strongest material in 30 years, easily. I think it stands up there with our best albums. It hangs with ‘Gordon,’ or it hangs with ‘Maroon.”
Barenaked Ladies are set to tour the UK this Autumn including London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall with special guest KT Tunstall, and they will be joined by longtime tour companion and comedian Boothby Graffoe on all dates. Rescheduled from earlier this year.
2021 UK TOUR DATES:
Tuesday 19th October – Newcastle University, Newcastle~
Wednesday 20th October – Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen~
Thursday 21st October – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow~
Saturday 23rd October – The Forum, Bath~
Sunday 24th October – O2 Ritz, Manchester~
Tuesday 26th October – Corn Exchange, Cambridge~
Wednesday 27th October – O2 Institute, Birmingham~
Friday 29th October – Beckett University, Leeds~
Saturday 30th October – Guildhall, Portsmouth~
Sunday 31st October – Royal Albert Hall, London~+
~Supported by Boothby Graffoe
+Supported by KT Tunstall
Tickets available HERE.
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago and married my childhood sweetheart and life is good.
