Last week electro-pop band YACHT released a video for their song “Shangri-La.”
The song for the video comes from the duo’s fifth album of the same name.
In the video the band does everything a person could dream of doing in LA, including playing with a juicer, Tai Chi, getting a Tattoo, and having a beach front fire.
Their label DFA Records, co-founded by James Murphy, has released this statement from the band:
“You can’t spell Shangri-La without L.A.
Shangri-La features dozens of extended members of the YACHT family–fans, collaborators, friends–sharing a space of our own invention, spotted with magical realism. Every point of light smiles. YACHT believes that Utopia, like reality, is not a physical experience, nor one dictated by the boundaries of a particular space. Rather, it’s a movable feast, defined by its capacity to adapt and change to new surroundings.
Basically, any place can be Utopia.
But it doesn’t hurt when that place is already Los Angeles.”
Truly a fascinating group of people, YACHT is currently on their spring tour in support of Shangri-La. Check out the tour dates and of course, the video below.
YACHT 2012 U.S. Tour:
02/22/12 Ottawa, ON @ Ritual Nightclub
02/23/12 Toronto, ON @Wrongbar
02/24/12 Montreal, QC @IlMotore
02/25/12 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
02/26/12 Brooklyn, NY @Music Hall of Williamsburg
02/27/12 Waltham, MA @ Chum’s @ Brandeis University
02/29/12 Gambier, OH @ The Horn Gallery @ Kenyon College
03/01/12 St. Louis, MO @ Plush
03/02/12 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
03/03/12 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
03/04/12 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
03/05/12 Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theater
03/06/12 Salt Lake City, UT @Urban Lounge
03/15/12 Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/16/12 Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/29/12 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
