Dirty Projectors have released the video for "Gun Has No Trigger". It's the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album, Swing Lo Magellan, out on Domino on July 10 in the U.S., and July 9 worldwide. Watch below.
The clip was directed by Dave Longstreth, and features him, Amber Coffman, and Haley Dekle apparently auditioning to star in an American Apparel-sponsored lightshow. (Check the matching hoodies.)
Update! Dave Longstreth has issued a statement on his directorial debut, via Domino:
"GUN HAS NO TRIGGER is about the possibility for true dissent, and how I can't figure out what that could be. What is a 2012 Exodus from the Society of the Spectacle (to mix language Situationist and Rastafari)? So we made a video from the iconography of the default profile image used by Facebook and Gmail, and also the look of the classic Apple iPod commercials. The colors in the background are the ones I think of when I hear the harmonies of Amber and Haley (via experimental synesthesia). Enjoy!!"
You can pre-order the "Gun Has No Trigger Tablet of Values" 8" square single, featuring an etching of the lyrics translated into Sumerian Akkadian Cuneiform by Dr. M. Willis Monroe on the b-side. Jack White, watch your back.
And don't forget: Dirty Projectors will perform at Pitchfork Music Festival on Friday, July 13. Single-day tickets are available here.