she's green - "empty house"
Photo by Liam Armstrong
Minneapolis' she's green typically go the shoegaze route with their music, but their latest single is a much quieter affair. "empty house" is an acoustic, melancholy song. It's not a folk song, but more of when an alt-rock band would show up on MTV's Unplugged. Even though it's much more mellow than their normal music, "empty house" is just as engaging as anything she's green have previously put out. This is a lovely and affecting song, and shows off the range that the band has. We always want to hear what she's green do next, and even more so now.
Bandleader Zofia Smith says of her band's latest single:
“'empty house' is a metaphor for the beauty of life’s impermanence. It pictures your body as an empty house, a place in constant wear and repair, where things come and go—people, memories, and pieces of ourselves."
You can watch the video for "empty house" below. swallowtail is due out July 10 on Photo Finish Records. For more on she's green, check out their website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include May 19 at The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA.
MAY
14 – Ithaca, NY – Seal & Serpent
16 – New York, NY – Slide Away Festival @ Brooklyn Paramount †
17 – Washington, DC – Black Cat #
19 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair #
20 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount #
21 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall #
22 – Chicago, IL – Slide Away Festival @ Aragon Ballroom †
JUNE
3 – Allentown, PA – Arrow at Archer Music Hall ^
4 – New York, NY – Gov Ball After Dark @ Warsaw ^
8 – Albany, NY – Empire Live Underground ^
9 – Lakewood, OH – Roxy ^
10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall ^
11 – Columbus, OH – King of Clubs ^
15 – Charleston, SC – The Music Farm ^
16 – St. Augustine, FL – Colonial Oak Music Park ^ - SOLD OUT
17 – St. Augustine, FL – Colonial Oak Music Park ^
18 – Miami, FL – ZeyZey Miami ^
19 – Stuart, FL – Vinyl Music Hall ^
23 – McAllen, TX – Cine El Rey ^
24 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips ^
26 – Santa Fe, NM – The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing ^
27 – El Paso, TX – The Lowbrow Palace ^
28 – Arenas Valley, NM – Whiskey Creek Zócalo ^
29 – Tucson, AZ – La Rosa ^
JULY
1 – Las Vegas, NV – The Portal @ AREA15 ^
2 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Music Hall ^
3 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades ^
4 – San Jose, CA – The Ritz ^
5 – Petaluma, CA – The Phoenix Theater ^
6 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre ^
7 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall ^
8 – Olympia, WA – The Capitol Theater ^
AUGUST
27 – Milton Keynes, UK – Craufurd Arms
28 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival †
30 – Reading, UK – Reading Festival †
SEPTEMBER
1 – Bristol, UK – Rough Trade
2 – Manchester, UK – The Lodge
3 – Brighton, UK – DUST
4 – London, UK – The Lower Third
5 – Paris, FR – POPUP!
6 – Brussels, BE – Botanique Witloof Bar
8 – Copenhagen, DE – Rust
9 – Hamburg, GE – Nochtwache
10 – Berlin, GE – Privatclub
11 – Cologne, GE – Yard Club at Kantine
† - Festival Appearance
# - with Chapterhouse
^ - with Turnover & Narrow Head
