Video: Fol Chen, ‘In Ruins’

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In April, we dutifully dispensed “In Ruins,” the teaser track from “Part II: The New December,” the forthcoming sophomore album by L.A. art-poppers Fol Chen. Cool, percussive stuff with vaguely melancholy overtones. Well, the song’s nothing compared to the video. Director Chris Wilcha (“This American Life”) ventured to Iceland to film near Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that kicked ash and fouled air travel this spring. Masked youth wander the wasteland; dust abounds; it makes you wish the Fol Chen lyric went “wandering around the hills tonight” instead of “streets.” The album is out July 6, and the band will be touring everywhere indie-pop is sold.

||| Live: Fol Chen plays the Echo on July 6.