When you think of string band music, Har Mar Superstar is not what usually pops into your head. But the new video from the popular Duluth, Minnesota-based acoustic act Trampled By Turtles might change all that — at least for the next 5 minutes and 54 seconds.
The band recruited the indie rocker and hipster hero to star in their video for “Wild Animals,” the title track to their upcoming album, out July 15 via Thirty Tigers. Har Mar plays a bummed out cab driver driving around the darkened streets of New York City, which sets the somber mood of the song perfectly.
Wild Animals was produced by Alan Sparhawk, lead singer of Low (who also hail from Duluth). The band will appear on The Late Show With David Letterman on the album’s release date. Today marks the start of their latest tour. Check out the dates below.
Trampled By Turtles Tour Dates:
June 27 Moorhead, MN Bluestem Center for the Arts
June 28 Duluth, MN Bayfront Park
July 3-6 Quincy, CA High Sierra Music Festival
July 11 Mount Solon, VA Red Wing Roots Festival
July 12 Sterling Heights, MI MO POP Festival
July 13 Greenfield, MA Green River Festival
July 17 Rochester, NY Party in the Park
July 19 Black Mountain, NC Pisgah Brewing Company
July 20 Louisville, KY Forecastle
July 24-27 Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Music Festival
July 25 Edmonton, AB Interstellar Rodeo
July 27 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival
August 7 Haldern, DE Haldern Pop Festival
August 8 Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE Taubertal Open Air
August 9 Eschwege, DE Open Flair Festival
August 16 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 19 Park City, UT Deer Valley Resort
September 4 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
September 5 Madison, WI Overture Center for the Arts
September 7 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
September 10 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
September 11 Boston, MA House of Blues
September 12 New York, NY Terminal 5
September 13 Columbia, MD Route 29 Revue
September 14 Burlington, VT Grand Point North Music Festival
September 16 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
September 17 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
September 18 Des Moines, IA Simon Estes Amphitheater
September 20 Shakopee, MN Festival Palomino
September 27 Kansas City, KS Crossroads KC
September 26-28 Columbia, MO Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival
October 18 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market
October 19 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
October 20 Arcata, CA Humboldt State
October 23 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
October 24 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
November 10 Munich, DE Kranhalle
November 11 Berlin, DE Bang Bang Club
November 12 Hamburg, DE Prinzenbar
November 13 Köln, DE Luxor
November 15 Paris, FR La Maroquinerie
November 16 Bristol, UK Thekla
November 17 Manchester, UK Gorilla
November 18 Glasgow, UK The Art School
November 19 Birmingham, UK The Institute
November 20 London, UK Scala
November 22 Amsterdam, NL Tolhuistuin Zaal Paradiso