French progressive metallers GOJIRA will embark on a North American headlining tour in May. Support on the trek will come from THE CHARIOT and CAR BOMB.
The dates are as follows:
May 01 – Springfield, VA – Jaxx
May 02 – Worcester, MA – Palladium
May 03 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at The TLA
May 04 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
May 06 – New York, NY – Blender Theatre @ Gramercy
May 07 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda
May 08 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
May 09 – Detroit, MI – Harpo’s
May 10 – Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
May 11 – St. Paul, MN – Station 4
May 14 – Murray, UT – Murray Theater
May 17 – Vancouver, BC – Richards On Richards
May 18 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
May 19 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
May 21 – San Francisco, CA – Slims
May 22 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
May 24 – Hollywood, CA – The Key Club
Fan-filmed video footage of GOJIRA’s February 15, 2009 concert at Elysée Montmartre in Paris, France can be viewed below (courtesy of “dirrteh”).
“All The Tears”, the animated video from GOJIRA, was directed by Spanish artist Jossie Malis and is “really something that fits what we want to create artistically as a band,” according to guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier. Drummer Mario Duplantier explains: “We first came accross Jossie’s work with his astounding animated films, ‘Bend It To Machine’ and we really liked the way he told stories in a very mysterious and unusual manner. His enigmatic animations deal with serious issues and are yet always permeated with a sense of poetry. We, as music writers, are trying to mix very different emotional atmospheres. We are happy to present a visual/audio work that gathers the sort of brutality of our music with the sensibility of his drawings.”
When asked what the song is about, Joseph Duplantier replied, “It’s all about all the tears that we cry through life. Because life is so hard, the simple fact of being alive is [there is always a constant] struggle. And it’s about that — how hard it is.”
GOJIRA sold around 4,200 copies of the band’s new album, “The Way of All Flesh”, in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 138 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD’s cover artwork was created by Joseph Duplantier, who was also responsible for the artwork for GOJIRA’s previous album, 2005’s “From Mars to Sirius”.
Source: www.blabbermouth.net