{"id":26618,"date":"2017-08-28T12:15:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26618"},"modified":"2018-05-21T11:22:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:22:24","slug":"saint-james-society-shares-video-arabian-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26618","title":{"rendered":"The Saint James Society shares &#8216;Arabian Knights&#8217; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/u34n_ScreenShot20170719at90725AM.png?resize=676%2C339\" alt=\"The Saint James Society\" width=\"676\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/u34n_ScreenShot20170719at90725AM.png?w=676&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/u34n_ScreenShot20170719at90725AM.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/u34n_ScreenShot20170719at90725AM.png?resize=624%2C313&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/>Los Angeles-based alternative darkwave, five-piece, The Saint James Society, has shared\u00a0a video for their haunting cover of <em>Arabian Knights<\/em>\u00a0(originally by Siouxsie and the Banshees). The track is featured on the band\u2019s recently released EP, &#8216;Covered In Blood,&#8217; which is available now from LA independent label Blank City Records at iTunes (<a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp166.com\/umehyagaebjueazamwsagauhqsm\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/apple.co\/2ueZMIJ<\/a>) or grab it from Amazon (<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iAi4mU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iAi4mU<\/a>).\u00a0Watch the video via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UpEwPFR7JQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Juan Azulay (Sigur R\u00f3s, Lydia Lunch, The Cult, The Black Ryder), the video features footage from Tavia Ito&#8217;s archive of artist Maya Deren&#8217;s &#8216;Meshes of the Afternoon&#8217; &#8211; one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde in the 1940\u2019s and 1950\u2019s. You could say it&#8217;s a &#8220;cover video&#8221; that&#8217;s fitting for the cover song.<\/p>\n<p>The Saint James Society\u2019s new EP marks the debut on LA\u2019s newest record label, Blank City Records. Specializing in releasing music on used, vintage medical X-Rays format, made famous in the \u201850s &amp; \u201860s to smuggle Western music behind the Iron Curtain. The label pressed just 100 copies of <em>Covered In Blood<\/em> as part of the release, which sold out in less than 24 hours. <em>Arabian Knights<\/em> can also be found on a limited edition, red vinyl 7\u201d flexi which is available for purchase while supplies last at <a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp166.com\/umewsaoaebjueaiamwsaxauhqsm\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/blankcityrecords.storenvy.com\/<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp166.com\/umewuakaebjueaaamwsazauhqsm\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/thesaintjamessociety.storenvy.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The EP is a collection of covers that have inspired the band since its inception, several of which have been a mainstay in the The Saint James Society\u2019s live set over the years. The EP also features guest vocals from Anna Bulbrook (<em>The Airborne Toxic Event \/ The Bulls \/ Edwards Sharpe &amp; the Magnetic Zeros<\/em>) and Swan (<em>Glitch Mob \/ Pair Of Arrows<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.ymlp166.com\/u34n_ScreenShot20170720at113036AM.png?resize=387%2C386\" alt=\"The Saint James Society cover\" width=\"387\" height=\"386\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Track listing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Arabian Knights (originally by Siouxsie and the Banshees) feat. Anna Bulbrook<br \/>\n2. Russian Roulette (originally by Lords of the New Church) feat. Swan<br \/>\n3. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (originally by Bauhaus)<br \/>\n4. Hot Sand (originally by Shocking Blue)<br \/>\n5. Arabian Knights (Peter Zaad \u2018Stranger 80s Remix\u2019)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Los Angeles-based alternative darkwave, five-piece, The Saint James Society, has shared\u00a0a video for their haunting cover of Arabian Knights\u00a0(originally by Siouxsie and the Banshees). The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26618\" title=\"The Saint James Society shares &#8216;Arabian Knights&#8217; video\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[6554,287,6556,925,6557,6555],"class_list":["post-26618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-arabian-knights","tag-cover","tag-covered-in-blood","tag-post-punk","tag-siouxsie-and-the-banshees","tag-the-saint-james-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/u34n_ScreenShot20170719at90725AM.png?fit=676%2C339&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6Vk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24162,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24162","url_meta":{"origin":26618,"position":0},"title":"Glass Horses release self-titled debut EP","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"December 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Introducing London's Glass Horses who\u00a0reference shoegaze and psychedelic bands like Ride, Novella, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Froth, and L.A Witch as\u00a0influences have released their debut self-titled EP. 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