Rac – Back Of The Car (ft. Nate Henricks)
Rac – Back Of The Car (ft. Nate Henricks) (2015)
Directed by: Teddy Blanks & Alex Karpovsky
RAC’s “Back of the Car”, the new video from Andre Allen Anjos’ monthly single series project—is premiering on Vulture. The video features SNL’s Sasheer Zamata, Vogue contributor Karley Sciortino and was directed by Alex Karpovsky of “Girls” along with Teddy Banks. The song, which Vulture calls “one of the projects highlights,” features Nate Hendricks.
Of the video, Anjos’ said “A surrealist and absurdist interpretation of the song really made sense to me. I think most people might interpret the song in a literal sense of a road trip, but Alex’s vision struck me as really smart and inventive.” While director Karpovsky said “I wanted to push the chorus of this super-catchy song [“We’re living out the back of the car”] to a comedically absurd late-summer horizon, where ridiculous glints meld with screwball shimmers under a soft, hazy glow.” Sasheer Zamata of SNL chimes in saying “I wouldn’t want to be trapped with someone I love because eventually one of us would have to eat the other. And it would also taint the way I feel about the person if they don’t taste good.”
Following sets at summer festivals including Coachella, Electric Zoo, Bumbershoot and North Coast Music, RAC (pronounced Ar-Ay-Cee) confirms even more dates for his “Going Our Own Way” North American headline tour with special guest Big Data, filous and more. See full list of dates below.
Born and raised in Portugal, Anjos studied piano and guitar in his teens and played in local bands. He moved to the U.S. to study music business at Greenville College in Illinois before settling in Portland, Oregon. Anjos founded RAC while in his college dorm and has since gained an audience creating remixes for Lana Del Rey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ellie Goulding, Foster the People, Phoenix, Imagine Dragons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Shins and Odesza, among many others.
RAC began releasing original content with their first song “Hollywood” via Green Label Sound in 2012. Anjos quickly proved himself as a songwriter with his debut album Strangers (2014), which contains the singles “Let Go,” featuring Bloc Party’s Kele & MNDR and “Cheap Sunglasses” featuring Matthew Koma.
RAC 2015 TOUR DATES
* with Big Data, filous and Pink Feathers
† with Big Data, filous and Karl King
‡ with Big Data
§ with Karl King and filous
** with Geographer, filous and Karl King
October 30 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Scream Scene @ Masonic
November 1 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre*
November 2 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
November 3 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall*
November 4 Boston, MA Royale*
November 6 New York, NY Webster Hall*
November 8 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw*
November 9 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
November 10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club*
November 12 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights*
November 13 Chicago, IL† Concord Music Hall†
November 14 Kansas City, MI Midland Theater‡
November 15 Dallas, TX First Avenue†
November 16 Austin, TX Emo’s†
November 18 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre†
November 20 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall**
November 21 Mexico City, MX Corona Capital Festival
November 22 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park†
November 24 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDO†
November 25 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom†
November 26 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom§
