Video: Dawes, ‘Roll With the Punches’

Kevin Bronson on February 14th, 2017

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Five months after the release of their fifth album “We’re All Gonna Die,” Dawes today sprang a surprise on fans: They released a live album titled “We’re All Gonna Live.” The remarkable aspect of this release is that it is comprised of 15 songs recorded during the first four shows (in January) of the tour they are currently navigating: the 50-date “An Evening With Dawes” tour. “With this tour we’ve felt like we’ve begun to turn a corner as a live band so we figured it was time to share some of it with everyone,” Taylor Goldsmith says of the streaming-only release. “It’s not the full-length experience, but we’re hoping that it’s enough of a taste for people to take a little bit of the show experience back into their homes with them and hopefully inspire them enough to come check out the show once we get into town.”

In addition, Dawes unveiled a new video for “Roll With the Punches” from “We’re All Gonna Die.” It’s directed by Dan Henry and features Mandy Moore and Goldsmith as a couple in the midst of a breakup — and chainsaws are involved. “I got the idea for the video after I read a true story about a disgruntled German man whose 12-year marriage ended tragically,” Henry says. “He quite literally split all of their belongs in two, in a vindictive yet beautiful move that inspired the ‘RWTP’ video. The whole idea made me laugh at its extreme pettiness, but ended up perfectly representing the process of moving on.”

||| Watch: The video for “Roll With the Punches”