With her much-anticipated new album Strangers due for release May 20 on Sacred Bones, Marissa Nadler has unveiled a typically striking black and white video for “All The Colors of the Dark,” one of the album’s many highlights. The video was directed and animated by Nadler herself.

On the video, Nadler says, ““With All the Colors of the Dark I wanted to marry my love for the moving image with the song in a compelling visual that pulsated with the same rhythm. I’ve been inspired by the beautiful phantasmagoric worlds created by Svankmejer and Francesca Woodman, The Brothers Quay, among others. In the video, everyday objects move on their own, representing a lingering presence in my life. In both the song and video that shadowing presence could be interpreted as a memory or as a true apparition, and I’ll leave it up to interpretation. Little by little, throughout the course of the song and video, the leaves and vines are pushed back into the drawers as time slowly creeps by. I rearrange the photos on the wall that have inexplicably moved, and among other things, shut the windows and blinds that keep opening by themselves. With each spin of the trees, seasons pass, and I pace around the house. With the death of the figure at the end of the video, that presence is vaporized.”
Last month Nadler shared the widely praised “Janie In Love,” one of her most texturally rich songs to date. Click HERE to listen.
Nadler has also announced a string of tour dates with Black Mountain in April in advance of the release of Strangers. She has also announced a record release show at Union Pool in Brooklyn on May 18. A full list is below.
Marissa Nadler Tour Dates
April 21 – Bellingham, WA – The Shakedown *
April 22 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern *
April 23 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
April 25 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room *
April 26 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah *
April 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery *
April 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery *
April 29 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent *
May 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
May 24 – Brighton, UK – Prince Albert
May 25 – London, UK – St Johns
May 26 – Manchester, UK – Soup Kitchen
May 27 – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
May 28 – Dublin, IE – Button Factory
May 29 – Cork, IE – Cyprus Avenue
May 31 – Leeds, UK – The Brudenell Social Club
June 1 – Bristol, UK – Louisiana
June 2 – Lille, FR – La Péniche
June 3 – Paris, FR – Centre Fleury Goutte d’or Barbara
June 4 – Brugge, BE – Cactus Club
June 5 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
June 7 – Hamburg, DE – Stubnitz
June 8 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega
June 9 – Berlin, DE – Roter Salon
* – w/ Black Mountain