Premiere: Watch a New Video for Sam Prekop’s “Weather Vane”
The Chicago artist shares a new clip for a modular construction from his recent Thrill Jockey LP.
Last month Sam Prekop returned to Thrill Jockey with The Republic, his second LP of sprawling modular constructions for the label. With nine of the record’s (mostly) ambient expeditions having been originally crafted to serve as the score for a video installation by David Hartt (also titled The Republic), the visual artist has here returned the favor, stitching together a number of disparate pieces of video to serve as the visual accompaniment to Prekop’s “Weather Vane” composition. A bubbly, meandering endeavor, “Weather Vane” twists and turns for just under four minutes as a sequence of black-and-white images join the track’s hypnotically unhurried run.
The video for Prekop’s “Weather Vane” production can be watched in full below. In addition, Prekop has also passed along the details for a slew of upcoming tour dates which will find him bringing his modular constructions to life alongside fellow The Sea and Cake member Archer Prewitt; those dates have also been included below.
April 24 Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi
April 25 Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
May 8 Columbus, OH – Rumba Cafe
May 9 Rochester, NY – The Club at Water Street Music Hall
May 10 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
May 11 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
May 12 Brooklyn, NY – The Wick
May 14 Philadelphia, PA – MilkBoy
May 15 Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
May 17 Nashville, TN – Exit In
May 18 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
May 19 St. Louis, MO – The Luminary Center for the Arts
June 1 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
June 2 San Antonio, TX – 502 Bar
June 3 Austin, TX – Red 7
June 4 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
June 6 Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit Live
June 7 San Diego, CA – Casbah
June 8 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
June 9 San Francisco, CA – Slims
June 11 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
June 12 Seattle, WA – Barboza