After being stuck in video game land via Max Payne, HEALTH are back in the real world. Welcome back, HEALTH! They dropped a new album, Death Magic, earlier this month, and now, to prove that wasn’t simply a transmission sent from the digital world, they’ve booked a North American tour for November. Before November comes, the group will make appearances at Basilica Soundscape and Pitchfork Fest Paris, providing further assurance that they are of our own flesh-and-blood world.
But what makes HEALTH tick? That’s what I wanna know! Or, really, what makes a HEALTH song tick? Well, the answer is now readily available, as long as you are specifically interested in what makes the song “Stonefist” work. HEALTH were recently on the podcast Song Exploder, in which host Hrishikesh Hirway invites musicians to explain their songs piece-by-piece. Listen below and discover what makes “Stonefist” so hard and, uh, fist-like.
HEALTH dates:
09.11-13.15 - Hudson, NY - Basilica Soundscape
10.28-31.15 - Paris, France - Pitchfork Fest Paris
11.10.15 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
11.11.15 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
11.13.15 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
11.14.15 - Dallas, TX - Trees
11.15.15 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
11.16.15 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
11.17.15 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11.19.15 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
11.20.15 - Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur
11.21.15 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11.24.15 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
11.25.15 - Montreal, QC - Le Ritz
11.26.15 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
11.27.15 - Detroit, MI - Pike Room
11.28.15 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
11.29.15 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
11.30.15 - Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
12.01.15 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
12.03.15 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
12.04.15 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
12.05.15 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
12.07.15 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
12.08.15 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
12.09.15 - Portland, OR - Holocene
[Photo: Sesse Lind]
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