Video: The Babies, “Mess Me Around”

April 18, 2013



The Babies' sophomore album Our House on the Hill is full of nonstop gems. Each song feels designed to be worn out by our collective record players. Apparently, the record caught the attention of Scott Jacobson, who writes for Bob's Burgers and directed this video, which features the band attempting to navigate LA (aka get rides to a show they're playing). Musically, like much of The Babies' best songs, there's a dark element lurking just below the sunkissed harmonies, this time manifesting itself in Kevin Morby's lyrics, which close the song with a pretty defeated moment: and you're a dumbfuck you fucking idiot/ yeah youre a dumbfuck you fucking piece of shit/ youre a dumbfuck you fucking loser/ youre a dumbfuck you stupid fucking kid. Kind of a downer! The video's super fun to watch though. The Babies' Our House on the Hill is out now on Woodsist.

Apr 19 - Somerville, MA - Starlab
Apr 20 - Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University
Apr 21 - Winooski, VT - Monkey House
Apr 22 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
Apr 23 - Toronto, ON - Silver Dollar
Apr 24 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
Apr 25 - Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe
Apr 26 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West
Apr 27 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
May 03 - Albany, NY - Valentines
May 04 - Bennington, VT - Bennington College Sunfest
May 25 - PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL
May 26 - Grenoble - Le Ciel
May 27 - Strasbourg - Le Troc Cafe
May 28 - Paris - Le Point FMR
May 29 - Nantes - Stereolux
May 30 - Limoges - La Fourmi
May 31 - Switzerland Lausanne - Le Romandie Club
June 1 - Italy Modena - Mattatoio, carpi (modena)
June 2 - Switzerland Luzern - Radio 3Fach Voliere Bar
June 3 - Germany Munich - Kafe Kult
June 4 - Austria Vienna - Arena
June 5 - Czech Republic Prague - K4
June 6 - Germany Dresden - Ostpol
June 7 - Germany Berlin - Monarch
June 8 - Sweden Malmo - Debaser
June 9 - Stockholm - Debaser
June 10 - Gothenburg - Roda Sten
June 12 - Denmark Copenhagen - Huset-KBH
June 13 - Germany Hamburg - Astra Stube
June 14 - Germany King Georg
June 15 - Holland Utectht - Ekko
June 16 - Holland Amsterdam - Paradiso
June 17 - Belgium Kortrijk De Kreun
June 18 - Holland Groningen - Vera
June 19 - Bristol - Start the Bus
June 20 - London - Lexington
June 21 - York - The Duchess
June 22 - Brighton - Greenstore

Video: The Babies, “Mess Me Around”