Francis of Delirium is about to begin their first-ever North American tour supporting The Districts this spring. Ahead of the tour, the band is sharing their new single, “The Funhouse,” along with a fittingly disconcerting self-directed video.

On the new single, Jana Bahrich depicts the chaos of life in 2022 in a way unlike she’s ever done before, attributing it with a hallucinogenic and dystopian quality. A keen artist – Bahrich paints, graffities, animates, and practices Claymation – she took inspiration from Haruki Murakami’s “Kafka on the Shore” and Chaim Soutine’s palette in his painting “Carcass of Beef ” when creating this surreal new work. 

Speaking about the single, she said: “The Funhouse is largely about how we are adapting to the chaos that is present in our everyday lives. The way it can feel that the world is crashing down around us and in order to protect ourselves, we become numb to the sheer terror of it all. “Sort of like walking through a funhouse and attempting to remain unphased by the mayhem that surrounds you.” 

The accompanying self-directed video portrays the absurd mix of panic and apathy that this chaos inspires. “The Funhouse” was mixed by Jolyon Thomas (Royal Blood, Slaves) and mastered by Joe Lambert (Sharon Van Etten, Deerhunter).

Photo Courtesy: Pit Reding