Watch J.C. Satàn's Video for "DRAGONS"

If you are French, chances are you already wear a few scars and bruises directly inflicted by a J.C. Satàn show. But if you're reading this, chances are 1/ you are anything but French 2/ you never heard of J.C. Satàn 3/ you'll soon own every record they made and fight for your life on the first rows of their forthcoming West Coast gigs.

J.C. Satàn hail from Bordeaux, France, and are hands down the best live band you'll find on the whole Euro zone, where they became the leading force of the young & uprising psych/punk scene after the release of their third LP, Faraway Land, a medieval gospel-punk blockbuster released in 2012 by Teenage Menopause Records.

The video for "Dragons" is a tribute to the messy theatre of pain and extasy that J.C. Satàn brings on stage, a gory 7mn teen-movie full of sex, masks, and satanic cults, which will definitely cheer you up from that lousy True Detective final.

"Dragons" has been directed by Xavier Magot, which has previously worked with Sebastian (from Ed Banger Records), Flying Lotus, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Connan Mockassin, and Martyn.

J.C. Satàn are right now on the final leg of their West Coast US Tour (dates below), with a few shows supporting Ty Segal, a slot at the Austin Psych Festival and a few SXSW appearances, including one at Kid Congo Powers' birthday.

The band will release a new 7 inch in the next few months on Trouble In Mind Records, a label founded by Bill & Lisa from CoCoComa who previously hosted Jacco Gardner, Ty Segall, Mean Jeans and The Fresh & Onlys.

Tour dates :
03/03 Los Angeles (CA) @SMELL
03/04 Reno (NV)@ The Holland Project
03/06 Seattle (WA) @CHOP SUEY w/ Grave Babies, King Dude
03/07 Portland (OR) @FOGGY NOTION w/ The Prids, King Dude, Vice Device
03/08 San Francisco (CA) @VACATION w/ Disappearing People + Tiaras
03/09 Los Angeles (CA) @CAFE NELA w/ Lamps, Smelly Tongues
03/10 Phoenix (AZ) @Last Exit Live - Rampage Fest w/La luz, The entrance band…
03/11 Tucson (AZ) @ club congress w/ Ty Segall

03/12 Marfa (TX) @ PADRES w/ Ty Segall
03/13 Austin (TX) SXSW @ Hotel Vegas LEVITATION STAGE
03/14 Austin (TX) SXSW @ JUSTINE
03/15 Austin (TX) SXSW 1pm @KID CONGO BDAY PARTY
03/15 Austin (TX) SXSW 9.30pm@SPIDER HOUSE w/Ty Segall, Coachwhips (AS Jackie Chan's)
03/17 El Paso (TX) @LOWBROW PALACE
03/19 El Centro (CA) @Stranger Bar
03/20 San Diego (CA) @Til-Two Club w/ Wild Honey
03/21 Los Angeles (CA) tbc