Icelandic darkwave trio Kælan Mikla begin their European tour tonight in support of their latest album Nótt eftir nótt—Post-Punk.com’s choice for album of the year 2018.
One of our favorite songs on the album “Draumadis”, a song we heard live while the band were on tour opening for Drab Majesty. Now, on the day the Kælan Mikla embark on their first headlining tour, with the spellbinding vocals and synths of Some Ember as the opening act, we are thrilled to share Kælan Mikla’s stunning video for “Draumadis”, whose surrealist imagery ranges from vast desolation to cavernous ritualism, where it is hard to discern if we are watching something supernatural, interplanetary, or both.
Logi Hilmarsson video director states:
“Kaelan Mikla have a very clear vision of their image and a ton of fun ideas that can be incorporated into videos. I tried to keep up with them and bring some of my concepts to create a short surreal narrative set in a place where occult rituals are used as technology and human sacrifice has unusual results. It is a dark fantasy, stylistically inspired by ’60s and ’70s Italian Horror, but really I think it is mostly a comedy.”
Watch the video for “Draumadis” below:
Kælan Mikla begin their tour with Some Ember tonight at Urban Spree in Berlin.
Nótt eftir nótt, meanwhile is out now, pick up a copy here.
Tour Dates:
- Jan 30 – Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree
- Jan 31 – Malmo, SE @ Plan B
- Feb 1 – Gothenburg, SE @ Musikens HusFeb 2 – Stockholm, SE @ Kraken
- Feb 3 – Copenhagen, DK @ Hotel CecilFeb 4 – Hamburg, DE @ Rote Flora
- Feb 5 – Cologne, DE @ Blue ShellFeb 7 – Linz, AT @ Kapu
- Feb 9 – Milan, IT @ Cox18Feb 10 – Lyon, FR @ Sonic
- Feb 11 – Barcelona, SP @ Meteoro
- Feb 12 – Madrid, SP @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
- Feb 13 – Bilbao, SP @ Kutxa BeltzaFeb 14 – Bordeaux, FR @ L’Avant Scene
- Feb 15 – Paris, FR @ Espace B
- Feb 16 – Brussels, BE @ Magasin 4
- Feb 17 – Bristol, UK @ The Crofters Rights
- Feb 19 – London, UK @ Electrowerkz
- Feb 20 – Lille, FR @ La Malterie
- Feb 21 – Metz, FR @ La Douche FroideFeb 22 – Bremgarten, CH @ KuZeBFeb 23 –
- Mannheim, DE @ Schatten uber Mannheim
- Feb 24 – Munich, DE @ Milla Club
- Feb 25 – Bratislava, SK @ Kulturak Klub
- Feb 26 – Budapest, HU @ Robot
- Feb 27 – Vienna, AT @ Kramladen
- Mar 1 – Krakow, PL @ Klub RE
- Mar 2 – Oslo, NO @ by:Larm Festival
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