Hercules and Love Affair Unveil Video For Are You Still Certain?
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Written by Jon Stickler
Hercules and Love Affair have unveiled a video for Are You Still Certain?
The track is cut from their latest LP, 'Omnion', which arrived last September through Big Beat Records, while the video features Hamed Sinno from Mashrou’ Leila. It was directed by Joie Iacono and the band's Andy Butler under their Hoarder alias, in collaboration with Robert Fox. Discussing the song and its video, Butler said:
"As an American of a certain age, the idea of the shadowy, dangerous Muslim has been around for much of my life. After chatting with Hamed at length, it cemented my hunch that I had a lot to learn from him and this collaboration. It was an opportunity to get perspective amid a lot of fear-mongering. I bought books about Islam and Islamophobia. Hamed and I, a few months later, were sitting in the studio, dealing with notions of spirituality. The lyrics for that song say, in Arabic essentially ‘You, who say you know the truth, how is the truth working for you? Are you still certain?’
"For a lot of people, faith and belief are the root of so many problems, so much so that there is more of stigma around believing today than not nowadays… We hear the argument that “faith" compels people to fly planes into buildings and blow themselves up in the middle of markets just as it put people on “divine” missions to plunder foreign lands and superimpose “superior” cultures on indigenous peoples. However, real faith also brings people together to greet each other in peace on a weekly basis, to listen to age old truths and lessons that run parallel in many cultures, and it prompts sincere self-reflection and growth in a lot of individuals. This song really tempers any notion of absolutism when it comes to truth. Working with Mashrou' Leila was an amazing process, as they are a band of brothers from different backgrounds. I went to Lebanon and took something of a back seat and learned and listened."
The band will kick off the first part of their North American Omnion Live tour on September 19 at the Foundry in Philadelphia.
Hercules And Love Affair Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed September 19 2018 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Foundry (USA)
Thu September 20 2018 - BROOKLYN New York - Elsewhere (USA)
Fri September 21 2018 - CHICAGO Illinois - Bottom Lounge (USA)
Sat September 22 2018 - MEXICO CITY MX - El Plaza Condesa (USA)
Wed September 26 2018 - LOS ANGELES California - El Rey Theatre (USA)
Fri September 28 2018 - PORTLAND Oregon - Star Theatre (USA)
Sat September 29 2018 - SEATTLE Washington - Chop Suey (USA)
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