Video | Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
By Andy Kahn Apr 29, 2015 • 3:37 pm PDT
Last week Alabama Shakes followed-up to their 2012 debut album Boys & Girls with the release of Sound & Color via ATO Records. Today the band shared a video for the title track to their superb sophomore album.
The video was directed by James Frost who’s also worked with Radiohead and Norah Jones and is based on a concept developed by The Shakes’ frontwoman Brittany Howard. Watch the futuristic clip for “Sound & Color” below.
Alabama Shakes Tour Dates
5/3 -Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
5/13 -Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham
5/15 -Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape Festival
5/16 -Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
5/28 -St. Louis, MO @ The Fox Theatre*
5/29 -Kansas City, MO @ The Starlight Theatre*
5/30 -Minneapolis, MN @ Hall’s Island*
6/2 -Indianapolis, IN @ The Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park*
6/3 -Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre*
6/5 -Seaside Heights, NJ @ Gentlemen of the Road
6/6 -Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Music & Arts Festival
6/7 -Hunter Mountain, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival
6/9 -Charlottesville, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion^
6/10 -Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park#
6/12 -Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
6/24 -Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
6/26 -Beuningen, Netherlands @ Down The Rabbit Hole
6/28 -Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter
7/1 -Gdynia, Poland @ Open’er Festival
7/3 -Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Club
7/4 -Dublin, Ireland @ Marlay Park
7/5 -Belfort, France @ Eurockéennes de Belfort
7/5-9 -Montreux, Switzerland @ Auditorium Stravinski
7/8 -Lucca, Italy @ Summer Festival Lucca
7/9 -Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
7/10 -Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival
7/10-12 -Auchterarder, UK @ T In The Park
8/1 -Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah’s Council Bluffs Casino & Hotel
8/4 -Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden
8/7-9 -Squamish, BC @ Squamish Valley Music Festival
8/16 -Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre%
9/17 -Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts
9/18 -Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/19 -Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
11/18 -London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
* with Father John Misty
^ with Strand of Oaks
# with Courtney Barnett
% with Drive-By Truckers
The video was directed by James Frost who’s also worked with Radiohead and Norah Jones and is based on a concept developed by The Shakes’ frontwoman Brittany Howard. Watch the futuristic clip for “Sound & Color” below.
Alabama Shakes Tour Dates
5/3 -Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
5/13 -Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham
5/15 -Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape Festival
5/16 -Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
5/28 -St. Louis, MO @ The Fox Theatre*
5/29 -Kansas City, MO @ The Starlight Theatre*
5/30 -Minneapolis, MN @ Hall’s Island*
6/2 -Indianapolis, IN @ The Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park*
6/3 -Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre*
6/5 -Seaside Heights, NJ @ Gentlemen of the Road
6/6 -Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Music & Arts Festival
6/7 -Hunter Mountain, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival
6/9 -Charlottesville, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion^
6/10 -Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park#
6/12 -Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
6/24 -Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
6/26 -Beuningen, Netherlands @ Down The Rabbit Hole
6/28 -Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter
7/1 -Gdynia, Poland @ Open’er Festival
7/3 -Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Club
7/4 -Dublin, Ireland @ Marlay Park
7/5 -Belfort, France @ Eurockéennes de Belfort
7/5-9 -Montreux, Switzerland @ Auditorium Stravinski
7/8 -Lucca, Italy @ Summer Festival Lucca
7/9 -Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
7/10 -Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival
7/10-12 -Auchterarder, UK @ T In The Park
8/1 -Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah’s Council Bluffs Casino & Hotel
8/4 -Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden
8/7-9 -Squamish, BC @ Squamish Valley Music Festival
8/16 -Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre%
9/17 -Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts
9/18 -Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/19 -Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
11/18 -London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
* with Father John Misty
^ with Strand of Oaks
# with Courtney Barnett
% with Drive-By Truckers
