Nation of Language have shared another song from their forthcoming album, Strange Disciple. “‘Too Much, Enough’ is a song born out of an exhaustion with the 24 hour news cycle and the outrage bait it uses to get everyone permanently wound up,” say the band. “It seems the only way to find an edge in the media business is to appeal to our most base instincts of disgust (see: the high ratings of Fox News, etc.), and we end up suffering both individually and collectively for it.”
The video for the song plays off its lyrical themes, with a faux newscast and various watchers glued to their sets. They got a few friends to help, too, including Kevin Morby, Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), Adam Green, Reggie Watts, Tomberlin, and more. “We didn’t want the music video to be its own form of outrage bait so we went with a more absurdist approach, gathering some friends of ours, and of our incredible director Robert Kolodny, to make something fun and outlandish to that effect,” Nation of Language say. “We also laced the video with as many NOL-related Easter eggs and iconography as possible to give anyone watching an opportunity to play along at home and be a part of that absurdity. It felt good to try to name a problem for ourselves without leaning on fear and rage.” You can watch that below.
Strange Disciple is out September 15 via PlAS, and they be on tour starting in August through the fall. All dates are listed below.
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“Too Much, Enough” guest stars:
Ruby Wolf
Jimmi Simpson
Reggie Watts
Adam Green
Kevin Morby
Robert Greene
Greg Rutkin
Carolyn Funk
Nolan Kelly
Ian “Skinny” Salazar
& The Strange Disciple
Sarah Beth Tomberlin
Astrid Terrazas
Jessica Gurewitz
Auden Galbraith
Crystal Huang
Jacob Moeller
April Clyburne-Sherin
Daniel Wu
Jaden Gunn
Jingling Liu
Nation of Language – 2023 Tour Dates
8/3 – Haldern, DE – Haldern Pop
8/4 – Diepholz, DE – Appletree Garden
8/5 – Katowice, PL – OFF Festival
8/11 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
8/12 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall^
8/13 – Seattle, WA – Day In Day Out
8/14 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre^
9/7 – Baltimore, MD – WTMD’s First Thursday Festival
9/15 – Berlin, DE – Astra
9/16 – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich
9/17 – Malmo, SE – Plan B
9/18 – Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset
9/20 – Kӧln, DE – Gebäude9
9/21 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
9/22 – Brussels, BE – Orangerie
9/23 – Paris, FR – Trabendo
9/25 – Tourcoing, FR – Le Grand Mix
9/27 – London, UK – Heaven
9/28 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
9/29 – Bristol, UK – Marble Factory
9/30 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
10/4 – Manchester, UK – New Century
10/5 – Leeds, UK – Stylus
10/6 – Sheffield, UK – Foundry
10/7 – Newcastle, UK – Boiler Shop
10/13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre#
10/14 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop#
10/15 – Chicago, IL – Metro#
10/16 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon#
10/18 – Milwaukee, WI – Back Room @ Colectivo#
10/19 – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall#
10/20 – Kansas City, MO – RecordBar#
10/22 – Denver, CO – Gothic#
10/23 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge#
10/25 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent#
10/26 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent#
10/28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre#
10/29 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern#
10/30 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom#
11/2 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn#
11/3 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips FTX#
11/4 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall – Upstairs#
11/7 – Nashville, TN – Basement East#
11/8 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle#
11/9 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle#
11/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer#
11/11 – Washington, DC – The Atlantis#
11/30 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair#
12/1 – Montreal, QC – Studio TD#
12/2 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix#
^w/ Curling
# w/ Miss Grit