Following the release of debut album Bright Green Field on 7 May, Squid have shared the video for their latest single, ‘Pamphlets‘.
The eight-minute odyssey is a masterwork in hyperreal animation, directed by Raman Djafari.
“The video for Pamphlets is a meditation on the feeling of being unfit, unlovable, not compatible and the manic anxiety and stress that this results in. I wanted to explore a state of mind that I have found myself in many times, of fearing to go outside and being confronted with everything that one cannot love about themselves,” said Djafari.
The album which entered the UK official album chart at number four saw The VLM give a 9/10 review as an album which “flourishes, together as a unit, while remaining jagged enough to cut yourself the second you think you’ve predicted its next step”.
Following the recent announcements of the band’s socially distanced Fieldworks tour (featuring stops in Sheffield and Manchester) in early summer and their rescheduled headline UK tour in autumn, comes the first ever Squid headline USA tour in November this year.
The Brighton band have also been confirmed to perform on Later with Jools Holland tomorrow (Friday, 21 May).
Watch the video for Pamphlets below, and view the full Fieldworks tour beneath.
FIELDWORKS TOUR
MAY 2021
Wed 19 FALMOUTH Cornish Bank
Thu 20 TOTNES St Mary’s
Sat 22 BRISTOL Cube *
Wed 26 CHIPPENHAM Old Road Tavern *
Fri 28 HULL Adelphi *
JUNE 2021
Tue 01 SHEFFIELD Leadmill
Thu 03 MANCHESTER Stoller Hall *
Sat 05 LONDON Silver Building *
Mon 07 NORWICH Halls
Wed 09 BEXHILL ON SEA De La Warr Pavilion
Sat 12 MARGATE Cliftonville Hall
* Two shows back to back
RESCHEDULED 2020 TOUR
JULY 2021
Mon 12 BRIGHTON Chalk
Tue 13 SOUTHAMPTON Joiners
Wed 14 OXFORD Bullingdon
Thu 15 LONDON Scala
Sat 17 MANCHESTER White Hotel
Sun 18 HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club
Mon 19 EDINBURGH Summerhall
Tue 20 YORK Crescent
Mon 26 BIRMINGHAM Castle & Falcon
Tue 27 BEDFORD Esquires
Wed 28 NORWICH Arts Centre
BRIGHT GREEN FIELD HEADLINE TOUR
SEPTEMBER 2021
Tue 07 BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Thu 09 BRISTOL Marble Factory
Fri 10 MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Thu 23 LONDON Printworks
Fri 24 BIRMINGHAM Crossing
Sat 25 NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Mon 27 NEWCASTLE NUSU
Tue 28 GLASGOW SWG3
Wed 29 BELFAST Empire
Thu 30 DUBLIN Button Factory
OCTOBER 2021
Sun 03 CARDIFF Tramshed
Mon 04 SOUTHAMPTON The 1865
Tue 05 EXETER Phoenix