EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Missing Monuments’ New Video, “(I’m Gonna) Love You Back To Life”

 

It’s been nearly a year since the public last had opportunity to bob its collective head to new music from New Orleans-based garage punk godfather King Louie Bankston, but he and his Missing Monuments are ready to come out swinging in the second half of 2012. Today the power pop quartet unleashes new single “(I’m Gonna) Love You Back To Life” as they brace themselves for a non-stop two-week tour of the Western United States.

Directed by Art Boonparn - who has previously helmed the camera for the likes of Cold Cave, Xray Eyeballs and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart – and featuring technical work from Antigravity Magazine head Dan Fox and veteran cameraman Gary LoVerde, the video sets nineties-inspired, candid found-footage against hilarious product placements of several local food items, extolling the ways they can be used to soak a Gibson Flying-V and destroy a hot tub pump system. The deceptively sweet-spirited “(I’m Gonna) Love You Back To Life” is one part of an upcoming 7″ to be released through Chicago’s Hozac Records in July.

On Tour:

Thur, 05.17 – Lafayette, LA – The Wild Salmon with One Man Machine

Fri, 05.18 – Houston, TX – SuperHappyFunLand with Broken Dream Boat + The Goonies

Sat, 05.19 – Austin, TX – Spider House with Pharaohs + Gory Details + Crooked Bangs + Gremlins UK + Burnt Skull

Mon, 05.21 – Tucson, AZ – The District with Lenguas Largas

Tues, 05.22 – Phoenix, AZ – Yucca Tap Room with The Hookers

Wed, 05.23 – San Diego, CA – Tower Bar with Chemicals + Rail Them To Death

Wed, 05.23 – Tijuana, MX – Bar La Terraza with Chemicals + The Lumps

Thur, 05.24 – Long Beach, CA – The Prospector with Chemicals + White Murder

Fri, 05.25 – Los Angeles, CA -  Redwood Bar with Chemicals + Cochinas

Sat, 05.26 – Oakland, CA – Vitus with Personal & The Pizzas + Royal Headache + Mean Jeans + The Chemicals

Sun, 05. 27 – San Francisco, CA – Parkside with Chemicals + Top Ten + Suicide Notes

Tue, 05.29 – Seattle, WA – Rendezvous with Chemicals + Sick Secrets + Red Hex

Fri, 06.01 – Salt Lake City, UT – Mixed Emotions

Sat, 06.02 – Denver, CO – Blastomat

Sun, 06.03 – Albequerque, NM – Sister

Mon, 06.04 – Shreveport, LA – Minicine with Riverwolves

Tue, 06.05 – Beaumont, TX – A Warehouse (1078 Lindbergh)