See "Exit Strategy" here: www.youtube.com/valientthorrepk
For hi-res: www.volcoment.com/videos/default.asp
“Exit Strategy” doesn’t mince words – it’s a vicious assault on the Iraq War, the Bush Administration and the seductive logic of militarization, a Fish Cheer for the modern age, that opens with Valient Himself shouting out “They sent your son with a plan / to fight some war in a desert land / he ain’t gonna come home again / he’s making some money for a Texas man.” Think of “Exit Strategy” as an anti-recruitment pitch, a call to arms in a battle of wits, a challenge to those who’ve hijacked our diplomacy.
Think of it as this generation’s protest song.
The music video for “Exit Strategy”, directed by Bifocal Pictures (The Comas, Engine Down) matches the polemical intensity of the song, pairing live-action footage of the band with the cartoons of Brian Walsby (Manchild and countless music related scribbles, most notably the 7 Seconds album cover “Walk Together Rock Together”). Making clever use of Walsby’s cartoon caricatures of political leaders and familiar icons from past and present who reveal themselves for what they really are, Bifocal and Valient Thorr have created a music video that couldn’t have come at more crucial time in our country’s history.
As war-cheerleading persists, even in the face of past mistakes; our only recourse is to howl the truth in the direction of power that "Peaceful progression in the only way!".
Valient Thorr
On Tour w/Fu Manchu, Artimus Pyledriver, & Seemless:
2/28/2007 @ Slim's - San Francisco, CA
3/02/2007 @ Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
3/03/2007 @ El Corazon - Seattle, WA
3/04/2007 @ Domino Room - Bend, OR *No Fu Manchu
3/06/2007 @ The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO
3/07/2007 @ Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
3/08/2007 @ Knickerbocker's - Lincoln, NE *No Fu Manchu
3/09/2007 @ Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis, MN
3/10/2007 @ Vnuk's Lounge - Cudahy, WI
3/11/2007 @ The Double Door - Chicago, IL
3/12/2007 @ The Blue Fugue - Columbia, MO
3/13/2007 @ Creepy Crawl St. Louis, MO
3/15/2007 @ SXSW - Austin, TX
3/16/2007 @ SXSW - Austin, TX
3/19/2007 @ The Knitting Factory - New York, NY
3/20/2007 @ Revolution Hall - Troy, NY
3/22/2007 @ Middle East - Cambridge, MA
3/23/2007 @ Rex's - West Chester, PA
3/24/2007 @ Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
3/25/2007 @ Ravari Room - Columbus, OH
3/26/2007 @ Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA
3/27/2007 @ Huntington Music Hall - Huntington, WV
3/29/2007 @ Exit In - Nashville, TN
3/30/2007 @ The Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
3/31/2007 @ Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
4/01/2007 @ The Nick - Birmingham, AL
4/02/2007 @ Beta Bar - Tallahassee, FL *No Fu Manchu
4/03/2007 @ The Parish - New Orleans, LA
4/04/2007 @ Scout Bar - Houston, TX
4/05/2007 @ House Of Rock - Corpus Christi, TX
4/06/2007 @ Emo's - Austin, TX
4/07/2007 @ Gypsy Tea Room - Dallas, TX
4/09/2007 @ House of RocknRoll - El Paso, TX *No Fu Manchu
4/10/2007 @ Launch Pad - Albuquerque, NM
4/11/2007 @ The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
4/12/2007 @ Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA
4/13/2007 @ Casbah - San Diego, CA |