With merely weeks left before the March 9 release of Frightened Rabbit's The Winter Of Mixed Drinks via FatCat Records, MySpace Music and NPR are offering a first listen to the band's highly anticipated album. Starting today, MySpace is streaming the quintet's third full-length in its entirety at www.myspace.com/frightenedrabbit and NPR will begin streaming the LP Saturday, February 27 at www.npr.org/music.
This new DIY clip is actually the second video for the band's new single and was created by the group as an irreverent alternative to the higher production original. "We thought it would be fun to offset the original video with a cheap homemade film in which we look the polar opposite of 'cool', i.e. 'not cool'," reveals lead Rabbit Scott Hutchison. The humorous video places Hutchison in the forefront of the action as his bandmates dress him up in wigs, brush his teeth and apply make up. "My girlfriend turned up halfway through the shoot to find me wandering around wearing an old woman's dress and a tasty blonde syrup [wig] - that was a first," exclaims Hutchison. Admitting there's no real concept behind the video, Hutchison penned the amusing bit effortlessly. "I sat and storyboarded the whole thing one evening, writing down a series of bits that made me chuckle, and then we threw them all together and had a large collective chuckle for about 8 hours," explains Hutchison.
Frightened Rabbit are currently gearing up for a series of shows in the UK and will return to the States in March for several gigs at SXSW. They will kick off their extensive North American tour at day two of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 17.
FRIGHTENED RABBIT ON TOUR
March 17 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
March 18 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
March 19 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
March 20 - Austin, Texas @ SXSW
April 17 - Indio, Calif. @ Coachella
April 19 - Tempe, Ariz. @ The Clubhouse
April 21 - Houston, Texas @ Walters
April 22 - Dallas, Texas @ The Loft @ Palladium Ballroom
April 23 - Little Rock, Ark. @ Revolution
April 24 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Masquerade
April 25 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat's Cradle
April 27 - Washington, D.C. @ Black Cat
April 28 - New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall
April 29 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise
April 30 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ First Unitarian Church
May 3 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
May 4 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
May 5 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Grog Shop
May 6 - Newport, Ky. @ Southgate House
May 7 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Old Rock House
May 8 - Chicago, Ill. @ Metro
May 9 - Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Pabst Theatre
May 10 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity Theater
May 12 - Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird Theatre
May 13 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
May 15 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Biltmore Cabaret
May 16 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room
May 17 - Portland, Ore. @ Berbati's Pan
May 19 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
May 22 - San Diego, Calif. @ Casbah
