Baltimore’s Lower Dens shared the music video for “Sucker’s Shangri-La,” the lead track off their third album Escape From Evil. The video takes us to a Chinatown karaoke bar where an older man (Hiro Xu) sings to the track. If you take a look at the video projected on the wall, you can see Lower Dens lead singer Jana Hunter. Watch “Sucker’s Shangri-La” above.
The video was directed by 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Best New Narrative Director Zachary Treitz. He said the following about the video.
The karaoke bars in my neighborhood have these filler videos as a background for the American pop songs. Most of them seem like they’re made in less than a day, start to finish, and they follow a basic formula, even though they’re unique to each song: girl, cars, body of water, shots of architecture. We made our own one with Jana in Baltimore, which was a lot of fun because once you’re in the mindset of those videos you start to see great shots everywhere that would otherwise seem terrible. But the music video itself takes place at a Chinatown karaoke bar, with the incredible Hiro Xu singing along to the video we made with Jana.
The indie pop band is heading out on a North American tour today. Check out the dates below.
07-16 Cincinnati, OH – MOTR Pub ~
07-17 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop ~
07-18 Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
07-19 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (Official Pitchfork Festival Afterparty) $
07-21 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry ~
07-24 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios ~
07-25 Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl ~
07-26 Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
07-28 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge ~
07-29 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge ~
07-31 Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre (GorillavsBear Festival)
08-01 Austin, TX – The Mohawk (GorillavsBear Festival)
08-03 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks ~
08-04 Atlanta, GA – The Earl ~
08-05 Raleigh, NC – Kings ~
08-07 Houston, TX – Contemporary Museum of Arts Houston
08-13 New York, NY – Museum of Modern Art (Summer Nights Music Series)
08-21 Los Angeles, CA – Echo (FYF Festival Sideshows)*
08-22 to 08-23 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Festival
09-26 Baltimore, MD – Druid Hill Festival
09-27 Kingston, NY – BSP Kingston #
09-28 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
09-30 Toronto, ON – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern #
10-01 Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place #
10-02 Arden, DE – Gild Hall #
10-03 Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall (Via Festival)
10-17 to 10-18 San Francisco, CA – Treasure Island Music Festival
10-24 Bristol, UK – Simple Things Festival
10-25 Manchester, UK – The Deaf Institute
10-26 Dublin, IE – The Sugar Club
10-27 Glasgow, UK – King Tuts
10-28 Leeds, UK – The Brudenell Social Club
10-29 London, UK – Scala
10-31 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (London Calling)
11-01 Brussels, BE – AB-Box (Autumn Falls)
11-02 Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang
11-04 Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
11-05 Aarhus, DK – Radar
11-06 Lund, SE – Mejeriet
11-07 Oslo, NO – Parkteatret
11-08 Stockholm, SE – Lilla Hotellbaren
11-10 Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu
11-11 Prague, CZ – MeetFactory
11-12 Vienna, AT – Arena
11-13 Munich, DE – Feierwerk
11-14 St. Gallen, CH – Palace
11-15 Zurich, CH – Exil
11-17 Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie
11-18 Lyon, FR – Sonic
11-19 Barcelona, ES – La Apolo
11-20 Madrid, ES – El Cielo
11-21 Lisboa, PT – ZDB
11-22 Braga, PT – GNRation
11-24 Paris, FR – Badaboum
~ with Young Ejecta
$ with How To Dress Well
* with Empress Of
# with Abdu Ali