Last year, the cynicism of JAILL’s third album, Traps, snuck up on listeners under the guise of danceable, surf-y power pop. The Milwaukee-based outfit’s non-album single, “Pointy Fingers”, subverts even the self-loathing lyrical aspects. Bemoanings of daily routines like “we walk and work and wait/ and wonder what we want” are negated by responses of “it’s who/it’s you/with you.”
And as frontman Vinnie Kircher’s delivery of those words leave you questioning if this is a happy love song or not, the video similarly plays on expectations. What starts as an innocent two-person dance party turns into a warping of space-time and a dive into a ball pit. Imagine if you swam through the multicolored plastic orbs at your local Chuck E. Cheese’s and wound up in a rehearsal space. Now click play and see what it feels like.
The Ryan Reeve-directed clip comes on the eve of JAILL’s new U.S. tour, which you can find mapped out below.
JAILL 2013 Tour Dates:
06/25 - Sante Fe, NM @ Iconik Coffee
06/26 - El Paso, TX @ Calvera Cafe
06/27 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
06/28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit
06/30 - Fullerton, CA @ Burger Records
06/30 - Fullerton, CA @ Continental Room
07/02 - Oakland, CA @ Night Light
07/03 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
07/04 - Eugene, OR @ Tiny Tavern
07/06 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
07/07 - Seattle, WA @ Heartland
07/08 - Spokane, WA @ Mootsy’s
07/10 - Fargo, ND @ Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs)
07/20 - Sudbury, ON @ River & Sky Festival
