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We are delighted to present to you the MP3 for “Angels” from Seventeen Evergreen’s Psyentist EP which will be released next Monday (Dec 5) but you can get “here” now.

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The band’s video for lead EP track “Polarity Song” debuted on Gorilla Vs. Bear earlier this month and promptly racked up 75,000 views in the first weekend.

The EP’s second track, the ultra-groovy “Angels”, reverberates with beautiful harp strums juxtaposing against anguished layers of backing harmonies that act like a synaesthestic audio phenomenon relative to Edward Munch’s ‘Scream.’ The four track Psyentist EP is a celebration of the science of imaginary solutions.  It’s the precursor to the band’s forthcoming LP, Steady On, Scientist!, which will be released in Spring 2012.

“Piles of $$$”, Caged Animals melancholic paean to “the good life,” might come off as a joking deconstruction of the urban, with it’s auto-tuned, synthetic vocal, love-making tempo, and potentially sardonic title, if it weren’t for the genuine sense of longing that comes across throughout it’s synth-drenched measures.

As the track gently motors along and Vincent Cacchione croons, “I just want to set this town alight with my pile of money,” and “we’re gonna spend it all away, you and me,” it becomes evident that the higher star that this voice is reaching for is one that could only ever be imagined, a world of richness earned by two lovers.

To compliment this idea, the incredible Ace Norton directed new video-clip, sees Vincent Cacchione and, fellow Caged Animal, Magali Charron, (who are a couple in real life), as they feverishly race from chain-store to chain-store in a Lynchian but totally Hollywood re-interpretation of Bonnie & Clyde.  The pair gun it up Mulholland Drive in a ‘72 Benz, unconsciously re-enacting moments of Wild At Heart and Titanic, while amassing over-sized jeans, thermal underwear, and hooded sweatshirts.   Making a sharp turn off the road into a dingy, curiously well-lit warehouse, the pair appear in a final showdown, where the unspeakable becomes gorgeously rendered in slow-motion, and Cacchione reveals his deepest desire.

As premiered today on Stereogum.

Director: Ace Norton
Producer: Courtney Davies
Director of Photography: Cristina Dunlap
Production Designer: Jeremy White
Stunt Coordinator: Nick Plantico
Stunt Performer: Brad Havens
Pyrotech: Gary Bentley
1st AD: Li Lu
Gaffer/ Key Grip” Ian Sphor

Friends recently announced headline show at the Lexington on February 7th has already sold out, so the quintet have added a second London show at XOYO on February 8th.  Move fast would be our advice, as am sure this show will sell out too.

Mon, February 6, 2012  – Manchester, Deaf Institute Tickets

Tues, February 7, 2012 – London, The Lexington SOLD OUT

Wed, February 8, 2012 – London, XOYO Tickets

Friends’ US and Canadian Tour begins in DC tonight.  All dates are with Ganglians.

Nov. 15 WASHINGTON, DC Red Palace
Nov. 16 PHILADELPHIA, PA Kung Fu Necktie
Nov. 18 NEW LONDON, CT Oasis
Nov. 19 NEW YORK, NY Mercury Lounge
Nov. 20 BOSTON, MA The Great Scott
Nov. 22 MONTREAL, QC Casa Del Popolo
Nov. 23 OTTAWA, ON Mavericks
Nov. 24 KINGSTON, ON The Mansion
Nov. 25 TORONTO, ON Drake’s
Nov. 26 LONDON, ON APK
Nov. 28 DETROIT, MI Lager House
Nov. 29 CLEVELAND, OH Happy Dog
Nov. 30 COLUMBUS, OH Ace of Cups
Dec. 1 CINCINNATI, OH Mayday
Dec. 2 CHICAGO, IL Beat Kitchen
Dec. 3 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 7th Entry

Very excited about Caged Animals in London tonight, you can also catch them in Brussels tomorrow and Paris on Friday.  Ticket links below.

11/15 – White Heat // Madame Jo Jo’s // London, UK
11/16 – Witloof Bar // Brussels, Belgium
11/18 – La Fleche D’or // Paris, France

We are still so incredibly thrilled about the video for “Polarity Song” by Seventeen Evergreen that we’re posting it again. Created by Terri Timely and Sarah Applebaum it has been viewed over 75K times in its first 5 days online and has been featured by Vimeo (staff pick), Gorilla versus Bear (premier), Stereogum, Boing Boing, Filter, Booooooom and even The Next Stitch (Yarn Bombing is a reality) amongst many others. If you haven’t already listened to this incredible tune and watched this special video then please see the below post and click play.

“an uplifting future-pop anthem that sounds like a mixture of first-album MGMT and Little Dragon” (The Guardian)

“Embrace the (crochet) polarity! Seventeen Evergreen’s ‘Polarity Song’ is brilliant loopy madness” (The Next Stitch)

“the song’s fantastic. It sounds like New Villager collaborating with pre-Oracular Spectacular MGMT” (YouAintNoPicasso)

“…it’s a kind of knit-one-purl-one horror show, all itchy woollen balaclavas and crocheted vests. It’s so good” (The Guardian)

We are incredibly excited to present to you the video for “Polarity Song” by Seventeen Evergreen – directed by Terri Timely.  Probably the finest video we’ve ever been involved with. As premiered today on the world’s best music blog Gorilla vs Bear.

Concept – A Terri Timely and Sarah Applebaum Collaboration
Direction- Terri Timely
Producer- David Lambert
Production manager- Ryan Miller
Production Coordinator- Ayesha Janmohamed
DOP- Donavan Sell
Art Director- Zoe Kim and Jona Tochet