Today MS MR have released their debut album, Secondhand Rapture, and will continue their world tour with their own headlining shows as well as some dates supporting CSS and some festival appearances. I am a huge fan of the New York-based recording duo of Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow, and definitely count their new album among the best released in 2013. CSS themselves today released their official video for “Hangover”, and will be touring North America in June and July, not only with MS MR but MNDR and IO Echo as well.
MS MR’s Secondhand Rapture can be purchased via the usual online and brick and mortar outlets, as well as iTunes. It is definitely a must buy release, and I am confident it will end up on my Top Ten Albums list for 2013 at the end of the year.
The band has also released a “collaged visual video accompaniment” for the album, “Secondhand Captures”, which can be viewed on their official site at msmrsounds.com as well as played below:
Below is a message from the band about the album and visual video:
Ever since we began writing music together we’ve been fascinated by the multitude of ways music can transcend mediums and influence other forms of art. Over the past two years we’ve developed a visual identity alongside the music, obsessively curating our Tumblr page and creating found footage videos to accompany the tracks we released. Through this, collage became the foundation of our aesthetic, and we created original photographs, artwork and videos that built on these ideas.
As we began planning the release of our debut album, Secondhand Rapture, we wanted to continue exploring the idea of collage to create a visual accompaniment to every song. This became SECONDHAND CAPTURES, a collaboration with many of the video and digital design artists we’ve had had the pleasure of working with over the past two years.
We gave five directors two or three songs from the album and asked them to create an accompanying visual that could be played on loop for the duration of the song. Each brings their own style and vision to the project, providing a new face to the music.
The Artists:
Bill Richards
Salty Sweet, HurricaneTyler Kohlhoff
Think Of You, Twenty Seven, BonesLuke Gilford
Ash Tree Lane, Fantasy, This Isn’t ControlAustin Peters
No Trace, Dark Doo WopDavid Burkhart
BTSK, Head Is Not My Home
Below is the listing of MS MR tour dates:
- 5/15 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom &
- 5/16 – Late Show with David Letterman
- 5/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s &
- 5/19 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern &
- 5/20 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
- 5/21 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement &
- 5/22 – Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
- 5/23 – Montreal, QC @ I1 Motore
- 5/25 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Music Festival
- 6/1 – Montauk, NY @ Surf Lodge &
- 6/7 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
- 6/14 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Observatory **
- 6/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda **
- 6/16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent **
- 6/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall **
- 6/19 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s **
- 6/26 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury
- 7/2 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
- 7/3 – Amsterdam, NE @ Bitterzoet
- 7/4 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain
- 7/5 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich
- 7/7 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Plaza
- 7/8 – Munich, DE @ Ampere
- 7/9 – Cologne, DE @ Gebauede 9
- 7/11 – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
- 7/12 – Abersoch, UK @ Wakestock
- 7/13 – Balado, UK @ T in the Park
- 7/15 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 3
- 7/16 – Birmingham, UK @ Institute Temple
- 7/17 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
- 7/19 – London @ LoveBox Festival
- 7/19 – Ferropolis, DE @ Melt Festival
- 7/26 – Sydney, Australia @ Metro Theatre
- 7/27 – Byron Bay, Australia @ Spendlour in the Grass
- 7/29 – Melbourne, Australia @ Hi-Fi
- 8/2-4 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
- 8/4 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
- 8/9 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside lands
- 8/23 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
- 8/24 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
- 8/25 – Paris, France @ Rock En Seine
- 9/1 – Stradbadlly, Ireland @ Electric Pinic
- 10/5 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
- 10/12 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
& MS MR headline date
** supporting CSS
Brazil to Los Angeles transplants CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) have been working on their upcoming fourth studio album, Planta, released a new video for “Hangover”, choreographed and directed by Toni Basil and co-directed by Matt Dilmore.
The new video can be viewed on YouTube as well as played below:
Below is the list of dates for the CSS tour:
- June 14 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory*#
- June 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda*#
- June 16 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent*#
- June 17 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall*#
- June 19 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom*#
- June 20 – Seattle, WA – Showbox#
- June 22 – Denver, CO – The Summit#
- June 25 – Minneapolis, MN – Fineline#
- June 27 – Detroit, MI – Majestic#
- June 28 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop#
- June 29 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall#
- July 1 – Washington, DC – 930 Club#
- July 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer#
- July 4 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House#
- July 5 – Montreal, CA – Le Mondial Loto-Quebec#
- July 6 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair#
- July 8 – NYC – Bowery Ballroom#
- July 9 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl#
- July 16 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre%
- July 17 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s%
- July 18 – Austin, TX – Emo’s%
- July 19 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues%
- July 20 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit%
MS MR = *
IO Echo = #
MNDR = %
The Rock Subculture Journal will be covering the show featuring CSS, MS MR, and IO Echo at The Independent in San Francisco next month.
Click on the image below for the latest and up to date full Rock Subculture Journal schedule of pop and rock music concerts/tours coming up for review (2013 Rock Subculture Schedule):
Jason DeBord