Ahead of the release of his debut solo album and forthcoming EU headline dates and tour with The Melvins, Jon Spencer, the NYC underground-rock legend, returns with a video for new single “I Got The Hits” that delves into the darkest corners of America.
“Over the past year I kept seeing wonderful and strange music videos that had one thing in common: all were directed by an Alex Italics,” explains Spencer. “I determined to track down this young auteur with the aim of getting a similar cinematic sensation for my new album Spencer Sings The Hits!. Alex turned out to be a mild-mannered young man from Tucson Arizona living in Southern California. I gave him a free hand to pick the song and devise a treatment. The result is the scary slice-of-life that you can now see for yourself.”
“I love the creepy contrast with the song’s punk abandon,” continues Jon. “We filmed at a rented house in Santa Ana. At the end of each day, after the nearby nightly Disneyland fireworks had faded and the cast and crew had left, I would sleep in a bunk bed in the child’s bedroom. Turns out doing an entire video laying on the floor is harder than it looks!”
Spencer Sings The Hits Track Listing:
01. Do The Trash Can
02. Fake
03. Overload
04. Time 2 Be Bad
05. Ghost
06. Beetle Boots
07. Hornet
08. Wilderness
09. Love Handle
10. I Got the Hits
11. Alien Humidity
12. Cape
Tour Dates (w/ The Melvins):
10/19 – Eindhoven – Café’ Wilhelmina *
10/20 – Haarlem – Patronaat
10/21 – Kortruk – De Kreun
10/23 – Birmingham – O2 Academy 2
10/24 – Norwich – Waterfront
10/25 – Cardiff – Y Plas
10/26 – Leeds – Stylus
10/27 – Glasgow – Broadcast *
10/28 – Manchester – Academy 2
10/29 – Brighton – Concorde 2
10/30 – London – Koko
11/01 – Bristol – Exchange *
11/02 – London – Rough Trade East *
11/03 – Newcastle – Cluny 2 *
11/04 – Nottingham – Bodega *
11/05 – Arlon – L’ entropot *
11/06 – Brussels – Botanique *
11/07 – Muenster – Gleis 22 *
11/08 – Koln – Helios *
* = Headline Show
