{"id":30148,"date":"2018-11-14T12:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30148"},"modified":"2018-11-11T07:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T12:45:36","slug":"klaus-share-fever-video-announce-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30148","title":{"rendered":"Klaus share &#8216;Fever&#8217; video + announce tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30149\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1bf74f33-c669-40c4-a351-b3b4dc1552e3.jpg?resize=1000%2C667\" alt=\"Klaus\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1bf74f33-c669-40c4-a351-b3b4dc1552e3.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1bf74f33-c669-40c4-a351-b3b4dc1552e3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1bf74f33-c669-40c4-a351-b3b4dc1552e3.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1bf74f33-c669-40c4-a351-b3b4dc1552e3.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Montreal&#8217;s Klaus &#8211;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the art-rock trio of\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Lafontaine (Karkwa, Galaxie), Joe Grass (Patrick Watson), and drummer Samuel Joly -haveshared the\u00a0video for <em>Fever<\/em>, the latest single lifted from their self-titled debut album. This\u00a0madcap montage\u00a0synchronized to the pulsating\u00a0beats of the\u00a0oddball party track\u00a0echo\u00a0the song&#8217;s\u00a0themes of\u00a0dealing with the disorientation and turmoil of beauty was conceptualized by\u00a0Mathieu Dupuis. With a\u00a0healthy dose of black comedy in its\u00a0eyeball-blurring barrage of images, the video walks\u00a0a\u00a0fine line between sci-fi, psychedelia, and\u00a0fever dream. Watch 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\/F2f0vwFFsJM?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>During one\u00a0hazy night out drinking at a bar, Klaus&#8217; Fran\u00e7ois Lafontaine,\u00a0Joe Grass,\u00a0and\u00a0Samuel Joly decided to form a new project. What usually fades into a faint, unfulfilled fantasy instead became a catalyst. Two weeks later, the trio\u00a0regrouped at Grass&#8217;s studio and began recording under a commonly discussed but often unrealized formula: no rules and no pre-established directions. Instead, they dug up fragments of unfinished ideas, the ones left behind because they couldn&#8217;t find the right collaborators to indulge in their time-traveling, globe-spanning experimentation. Drawing on influences ranging from Afrobeat guitars to Can&#8217;s krautrock propulsion to the art-rock of Brian Eno and David Bowie&#8217;s &#8216;Berlin\u00a0Trilogy&#8217;, they approached their music with the mindset of improv comedians or easy-going chefs.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;No matter what one of us brought to the table we said &#8216;yes, that&#8217;s weird, but let&#8217;s go there!'&#8221;<\/em> laughs singer, guitarist,\u00a0and lyricist Grass.\u00a0<em>&#8220;When someone fed the group an idea, we worked with it and tried to make something complimentary. Later on we had to refine things and make them more cohesive, but in the beginning we were just throwing things into the soup and counterbalancing them with different spices until we had a gumbo.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With Grass on guitar, Joly on drums, and all three members singing in English, they shaped their lush electronic sound with Lafontaine&#8217;s extensive collection of analog synths including the Prophet 5 and 6, Oberheim OB-8, ARP 2600, and Memorymoog. After two years of studio sessions, Klaus\u00a0emerged with 10 songs drifting from the soft-focus beauty of <em>Neon<\/em> to the skittering funk of <em>Blue Telephone<\/em> and the bubbling robo-pop of their latest single <em>Fever<\/em>. The album lifts off into its most otherworldly plane on the eight-minute epic, <em>Le r\u00eave<\/em>, with a Phil Collins-esque intro careening into breakneck prog and a pulsing electronic finale from the school of Cluster or Harmonia.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout their debut album, Klaus\u00a0showcase an interlocking collection of surrealist musical puzzles painted by three artists with a vibrant sonic pallette. Lyrically, its themes include the resilience and adaptivity of the human race, identifying and shedding the qualities that could lead to our destruction, and inevitably seeking connections to celebrate our time together in the face of darkness. In the end, the trio aimed to marry words to their music, forging more connections on a raw emotional level than either could do on their own, while inviting everyone to come join the party.<\/p>\n<p>Klaus&#8217; self-titled debut album is out now via Simone\u00a0Records and\u00a0its available to <a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=e4c362206d&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">order<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=40d1a5c621&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=cf59c0c22d&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Klaus&#8217;\u00a0tracklisting<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Neon<br \/>\n2. Fever<br \/>\n3. Blue Telephone<br \/>\n4. Can&#8217;t Turn Back<br \/>\n5. The Aluminoid<br \/>\n6. Bad Religion<br \/>\n7. Le r\u00eave<br \/>\n8. Dirty Water<br \/>\n9. Pit Bull<br \/>\n10. Nature Design<\/p>\n<p>Klaus have also\u00a0announced a series of\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec tour dates extending into early 2019,\u00a0sharing stages with fellow supergroup Karkwatson on December 16th at Montreal&#8217;s MTelus,\u00a0and their Simone Records labelmate Hubert Lenoir on December 21st at\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec City&#8217;s\u00a0Imp\u00e9rial Bell.\u00a0The band&#8217;s\u00a0full list of live performances can be found below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Klaus\u00a0Live Performances<\/strong><br \/>\nDecember 16th &#8211; MTelus &#8211; Montr\u00e9al *<br \/>\nDecember 20th &#8211; No\u00ebl dans le Parc &#8211; Montr\u00e9al<br \/>\nDecember 21st &#8211; Imp\u00e9rial Bell &#8211; Qu\u00e9bec ^<br \/>\nDecember 22nd\u00a0&#8211; Rainbow Submarine &#8211; Rivi\u00e8re-Du-Loup<br \/>\nFebruary 23rd &#8211; Le Zaricot &#8211; St-Hyacinthe<br \/>\nMarch 22rd\u00a0&#8211; Trou du diable &#8211; Shawinigan<br \/>\nApril 5th &#8211; La Petite Boite Noire -Sherbrooke* With Karkwatson<br \/>\n^ With Hubert Lenoir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Montreal&#8217;s Klaus &#8211;\u00a0the art-rock trio of\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Lafontaine (Karkwa, Galaxie), Joe Grass (Patrick Watson), and drummer Samuel Joly -haveshared the\u00a0video for Fever, the latest single lifted <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30148\" title=\"Klaus share &#8216;Fever&#8217; video + announce tour\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30149,"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":[23,25,28,29],"tags":[7613,7614,7807],"class_list":["post-30148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","tag-fever","tag-klaus","tag-mathieu-dupuis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1bf74f33-c669-40c4-a351-b3b4dc1552e3.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7Qg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29490,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29490","url_meta":{"origin":30148,"position":0},"title":"Montreal&#8217;s Klaus share new single &#8216;Fever&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Montreal's Klaus\u00a0is the electronic art-rock\u00a0supergroup of acclaimed musicians Fran\u00e7ois Lafontaine\u00a0(Karkwa, Galaxie), Joe Grass (Patrick Watson), and drummer Samuel Joly. 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