Track is from forthcoming album
Rival Sons have unveiled the official music video for their anthemic hit single, “Bird In The Hand.” The song heralds the band’s hugely anticipated new album, DarkFighter, arriving everywhere via Low Country Sound/Atlantic Records on Friday, June 2nd.
“Bird In The Hand,” directed by Kurt Kubicek, continues the narrative featured in the previously released companion videos for the explosive singles, “Nobody Wants To Die” (directed by Eli Sokhn) and “Rapture” (directed by Kurt Kubicek), both streaming now at the official Rival Sons YouTube channel.
“The saga continues with another prequel in our new video,” says Scott Holiday. “Jay and I teamed up to write and produce this one again, as well as working with our pal, Kurt Kubicek (director/Rapture video). All shot in our backyard in the Hollywood Hills… right off the Sunset Strip! Right up the street from the world-famous Whiskey A-Go-Go actually! We found this incredible time capsule mid-century home that sets the scene for most of the video. It’s been incredible making these little vignettes. Really fun. All created on pretty tiny budgets. But the limitations force us to get ultra creative and focused. We’ve been extremely blessed to have such talented friends/crew/and collaborators working with us that see these videos as passion projects… which is the only way they come together. I think when you watch the series of videos you can feel the love that’s gone into them.”
Jay Buchanan adds, “’Rapture’ was a prequel to ‘Nobody Wants To Die’ and ‘Bird In The Hand’ is a prequel to ‘Rapture.’ Same cast of characters, different part of the story. It’s been a great time writing and producing these videos along with great directors and crew. With video production we’re really at that sweet spot where we don’t know the rules so we’re not afraid of breaking them. We’ll see where it goes from here.”
Rival Sons will mark the arrival of DarkFighter with a truly epic live schedule, including a special guest run on Smashing Pumpkins’ The World Is a Vampire Summer 2023 North American Tour, also featuring Stone Temple Pilots and Interpol, getting underway August 1st at Salt Lake City’s USANA Amphitheatre and then continuing through early September.
In the meantime, Rival Sons will embark on their own extensive North American headline run, The DarkFighter Tour, beginning May 11th at Oklahoma City’s Diamond Ballroom and then traveling through mid-June. Special guests throughout include The Black Angels and The Record Company, with Starcrawler also appearing on select dates. The group has slated a number of top-billed festival performances, including Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple.
DarkFighter will be accompanied by a stunning companion volume, LightBringer, arriving later this year. Both produced by longtime collaborator and 8x Grammy Award-winner Dave Cobb, the two new LPs marks the first new music from Rival Sons in more than four years, following 2019’s critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-nominated sixth studio album, Feral Roots.
