If you thought from the first taste of Will Butler’s solo debut—the single “Take My Side”—that the Arcade Fire member’s music was just going to be a series of Stones-ian romps (not that there’s anything wrong with that), it might be time to think again.
Today, Butler premiered the charming, strange video for the track “Anna,” a song that finds him channeling a little less Keith Richards, and a little more Gary Numan into his act (not to mention how much he looks like a young Robyn Hitchcock these days).
The part-lyric, part-animated video was directed by Will himself, who describes it as being “100% serious, 100% joking.”
Basically, if “Take My Side” was a porch-lit, whiskey-drinking affair, “Anna” is the scene afterwards where Butler drunkenly wanders off and starts dancing in the woods. Have fun.
Will Butler tour dates
March
06 – Boston, MA – TT the Bear’s
07 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox
13 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
14 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
15 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
16 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
18-21 – Austin, TX – South by Southwest
24 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop
26 – Grand Rapids, MI – Calvin College
27 – Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
28 – Montreal, Quebec – Bar Le Ritz PDB
Policy is out March 10 via Merge Records.
