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Video Premiere: The Pharmacy: "Dig Yr Grave"

Check out the new video for "Dig Yr Grave," shot by drummer Brendhan Bowers on 16mm film.

Cutesy-time photo by Mike de Leon

In Les Blank’s 1980 film essay Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, Herzog tells young filmmakers that if they really want to make a film, steal a camera and raw stock. Brendhan Bowers seems to have taken his advice. We’re not saying that he stole a camera or anything. What we’re saying is that any band out there crying about how it’s so hard to find money to make a record or a video or whatever they want to do should stop being babies and pick up a camera.

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This winter, Brendhan self-produced a video for his band, Seattle-based garage-rockers the Pharmacy. The song is called "Dig Yr Grave," and it's a punky, Merseybeat-inflected banger off an upcoming EP of same name. You can order the album through Kind Turkey right here.

The song manages to be incredibly catchy while remaining oddly hostile. Imagine what the British Invasion would have sounded like if the aggression been literal. In the video, the trio (which also features Stefan Rubicz and Scottie Yoder) murder a woman in a grainy graveyard and perform, clad in face paint and white robes, against a hellscape of burning amps and drum sets. It’s all shot on 16mm film and has a creepy, ghostly quality to it.

Check the video below, and the bajillion US tour dates that the Pharmacy has lined up all the way through April.

The Pharmacy - WAYDWYL (official) from brendhan bowers on Vimeo.

January

01.26.12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands with So So Glos
01.28.12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium with Japanther

February

02.03.12 - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge (Release Party and Tour Kickoff!)
02.09.12 - Portland, OR @ Ella St.
02.10.11 - Oakland, CA @ 1234Go! Records
02.11.12 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
02.12.12 - Colorado Springs, CO @ TBA
02.13.12 - Denver, CO @ Bar Bar
02.14.12 - Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
02.15.12 - Kansas City, MO @ Graveyard
02.16.12 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
02.17.12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Chamber Of Secrets
02.18.12 - Rock Island, IL @ Daytrotter
02.18.12 - Chicago, IL @ Crown Tap Room
02.19.12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Circle A
02.20.12 - Kalamazoo, MI @ TBA
02.21.12 - Detroit, MI @ TBA
02.22.12 - Columbus, OH @ Skylab Gallery
02.23.12 - Clevaland, OH @ the Happy Dog
02.24.12 - New York, NY @ TBA
02.25.12 - New York, NY @ Cake Shop
02.26.12 - New York, NY @ TBA
02.27.12 - New York, NY @ Death By Audio
02.28.12 - New York, NY @ TBA
02.29.12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Level Room March

03.01.12 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
03.02.12 - Athens, GA @ TBA
03.03.12 - Huntsville, AL @ TBA
03.04.12 - Birmingham, AL @ TBA
03.05.12 - New Orleans. LA @ TBA
03.09.12 - New Orleans. LA @ FoBurg Fest at Siberia
03.12.12 - Houston, TX @ TBA
03.13.12 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.14.12 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.15.12 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.16.12 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.17.12 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.18.12 - Marfa, TX @ TBA
03.19.12 - Las Cruces, NM @ TBA
03.20.12 - Albuquerque, NM @ TBA
03.21.12 - Tuscon, AZ @ La Cocina
03.23.12 - San Diego, CA @ The Tin Can
03.24.12 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
03.25.12 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
03.26.12 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
03.27.12 - Big Sur, CA @ TBA
03.28.12 - Santa Cruz, CA @ TBA
03.29.12 - San Francisco, CA @ TBA
03.30.12 - Oakland, CA @ TBA
03.31.12 - Nevada City, NV @ TBA

April

04.01.12 - Eugene, OR @ TBA