Sleater-Kinney’s New Lyric Video for the St. Vincent-Produced ‘Hurry On Home’ is An Excellent Use of the Medium

Later this year, Sleater-Kinney will release a new album, the follow-up to 2015’s No Cities To Love. Recently, the acclaimed alt/punk band premiered its lead single, “Hurry On Home,” which was produced by St. Vincent.

The song itself is a blast, as Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss sound as vibrant as cohesive a musical unit as they’ve been for their two-decade-plus career, but its lyric video is even better. Just watch this:

That’s an inventive way to do something that most bands and musical acts take for granted. Far from just words on a screen, that’s some real innovation from director Miranda July.

While the band’s new album doesn’t have an official release date yet, they did announce a long run of headlining tour dates for the fall. Catch the band live:

10/9/19 – Spokane, WA – Fox Theatre
10/11/19 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Concert House
10/12/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
10/13/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
10/15/19 – Minneapolis, MN – Palace Theatre
10/16/19 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
10/18/19 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
10/20/19 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
10/21/19 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
10/23/19 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
10/25/19 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
10/26/19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
10/27/19 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
10/29/19 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
10/30/19 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
10/31/19 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
11/1/19 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
11/3/19 – Toronto, ON – Rebel Complex
11/4/19 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
11/5/19 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
11/7/19 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
11/8/19 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
11/9/19 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
11/11/19 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
11/12/19 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
11/13/19 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory OC
11/14/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
11/16/19 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
11/19/19 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
11/21/19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
11/23/19 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre