Chicago’s Joan of Arc today shared an unnerving new video for “Tiny Baby,” an album track off their new LP 1984, out now on Joyful Noise Recordings. Director Jennifer Reeder describes the video as “a kind of horror story in the shape of a lullaby,” noting the track’s central theme of regression as a coping mechanism for trauma: “The lyrics of ‘Tiny Baby’ seem to be about processing memories and specifically difficult ones. There is some implied trauma and accountability in the recollections that made me think about two early videos by Vito Acconci (1949-2017) as a reference for the images.”
The band has also announced a headlining European tour and will kick off a U.S. run on July 5th in St. Louis, including stops at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade on August 9th and Chicago’s Sleeping Village on August 17th. See below for a full itinerary.
Joan Of Arc Live Dates:
07/05 – St. Louis, MO – The Monocle
07/06 – Fort Worth, TX – Main @ South Side
07/07 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
07/09 – Phoenix, AZ – The Lunchbox
07/10 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
07/11 – Tustin, CA – Marty’s on Newport
07/12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
07/13 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
07/14 – Chico, CA – Duffy’s
07/16 – Portland, OR – Analog Cafe
07/17 – Seattle, WA – The Vera Project
08/02 – Louisville, KY – Kaiju
08/03 – Nashville, TN – The High Watt
08/04 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight
08/05 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
08/07 – Washington, D.C. – DC9
08/08 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
08/09 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
08/10 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes
08/11 – Cambridge, MA – The Middle East (Upstairs)
08/12 – Montreal, QC – Bar le Ritz
08/14 – Toronto, ON – Baby G
08/15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
08/16 – Detroit, MI – El Club
08/17 – Chicago, IL – Sleeping Village
08/18 – Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room @ Colectivo
11/06 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
11/07 – Newport, UK – Le Pub
11/09 – Canterbury, UK – UCA Bar
11/10 – Utrecht, NL – Le Guess Who?
11/13 – Nantes, FR – Scene Michelet
11/14 – Paris, FR – Espace B
11/15 – Bordeaux, FR – I Boat
11/20 – Barcelona, ES – Sala Be Good
11/21 – Busto Arsizio, IT – Circolo Gagarin
11/22 – Umbertide, IT – Cinema Metropolis
11/23 – Bologna, IT – Covo
11/24 – Verona, IT – Colorificio Kroen
11/26 – Nuremberg, DE – Musikverein
11/27 – Darmstadt, DE – Oetinger Villa
11/28 – Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang
11/29 – Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain