Votiv Music and New York City-based indie-rock band CHAPPO have released the music video for the band’s new single “Hang On.”
Directed and conceived by GHOST+COW (John Carlucci & Brandon LaGanke) and premiering via NPR Music “First Watch,” the clip follows a crashed space traveler from another time (played by frontman Alex Chappo) who spends his last hours wandering New York City among its millions of inhabitants. Stranded and mystified, he feels the magnitude of loneliness and awe as he searches for a place to expire.
“Hang On” is taken from the band’s brand new full-length album, Future Former Self (on iTunes), which is a cosmic body of work where the members of CHAPPO explore the abstract nature of time and the experience it has on the perception of reality.
In CHAPPO’s world, the concept of time is twisted hopelessly out of focus. Like Rene, the character at the center of this interstellar journey that is Future Former Self, the band seems to have recently traveled back from a distant black hole, bringing with them a kaleidoscope of new and mesmerizing sounds. Check out the video premiere of “Hang On” at NPR Music HERE.

CHAPPO are currently on tour supporting Future Former Self. Tour dates below.
JUNE
09 – Demo – St Louis, MO
10 – Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
12 – 1st Ward / Chop Shop – Chicago, IL
13 – Rumba – Columbus, OH
14 – HiFi – Indianapolis, IN
15 – Woodward – Cincinnati, OH
16 – Cattivo – Pittsburgh, PA
18 – Milkboy – Philadelphia, PA
JULY
14 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
16 – Satellite – Los Angeles, CA
17 – Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
18 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ
21 – 502 Bar – San Antonio, TX
22 – Bronze Peacock – Houston, TX
23 – Stubbs Jr – Austin, TX
24 – Dada – Dallas, TX
25 – Center of the Universe Festival – Tulsa, OK
27 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
28 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
29 – Neurolux – Boise, ID
31 – Media Club – Vancouver, BC
AUGUST
01 – Doug Fir – Portland, OR
02 – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA