by Bill Pearis
Meg Remy will release her new album as U.S. Girls, Half Free, on September 25 and she’s just shared the video for new single “Window Shades.” The song is maybe the most striking on the LP (which, loaded with great songs, is one of 2015’s best) and a stunner of a breakup anthem with Remy vowing, “I won’t think about you every time I hear that tune.” You don’t even need to know the lyrics to get what’s going on, heartbreak runs electric through her powerhouse vocal performance. With equally sweeping production, built around a sample of Gloria Ann Taylor’s disco cut “Love is a Hurting Thing,” it comes off kind off like The Crystals being produced by Massive Attack. The video, which drops her into some 1930s musicals, is pretty great too. Watch it below.
Having played the River Rocks finale in NYC a couple weeks ago, U.S. Girls’ fall tour with Ian Svenonius’ Escape-Ism winds its way back to NYC for two shows: Alphaville on November 13 (tickets) and Mercury Lounge on November 14 (tickets). Updated dates are listed below…
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U.S. Girls – 2015 TOUR DATES
September
18th – Tulane University, New Orleans LA, US
October
1st – Belly Up Tavern, San Diego CA, US #
2nd – The Observatory, Santa Ana CA, US #
3rd – Mezzanine, San Francisco CA, US #
5th – Roseland Theater, Portland OR, US #
6th – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, Canada #
9th – Copenhagen Central Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
10th – Babel, Malmo, Sweden
11th – Crossroad, Oslo, Norway
12th – Pusterviksbaren, Gothenberg, Sweden
14th – Palace St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
15th – Saali, Basel, Switzerland
16th – Covo Club, Bologna, Italy
17th – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18th – Botanique – Rotonde, Brussels, Belgium
25th – Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland
26th – Headrow House, Leeds, UK
27th – Broadcast, Glasgow, UK
28th – Corsica Studios, London, UK
29th – Monarch, Berlin, Germany
30th – King Georg, Cologne, Germany
November
12th – La Vitrola, Montreal QC, Canada
13th – Alphaville, Brooklyn NY, US +
14th – Mercury Lounge, New York NY, US +
15th – O’Briens Pub, Boston MA, US +
16th – Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA, US +
17th – Comet Ping Pong, Washington DC, US +
18th – Neptune’s Parlour, Raleigh NC, US +
19th – 529, Atlanta GA, US
20th – The End, Nashville TN, US
21st – Empty Bottle, Chicago Il, US
# w/ Peaches
+ w/ Escape-Ism (Ian Svenonius)