July Talk has released a new video for their lead single “Push + Pull.” Directed by Nadia Tan (Bry Webb, Arkells, Ohbijou), produced by Peter Dreimanis and choreographed by Leah Fay.

“When July Talk first approached me to make a music video for Push + Pull, I had a long phone conversation with Pete about the meaning of the song. He told me it was about Western excess, about our never-ending appetite, about the types of people who consume and consume and don’t know when to stop, about our irrational but constant need for more food, more mind-altering substances, more sex, more ‘likes’, more money, more things,” says director, Nadia Tan. “I thought it would be interesting to try to capture these themes in the video through raw documentary-style footage showing various groups of people partaking in excess in different ways across North America over the course of one night.”

July Talk also announces the release date, track list and reveals the artwork (painted by Toronto-based artist, Charles Bierk) for their new album TOUCH. The follow-up to their self-titled debut will be released on September 9, 2016 on Sleepless Records (Canada), and Island/Universal (US and UK/Europe) and Vertigo/Capitol (Germany). The universally relatable themes of human connection weighed heavily on the band over the creation of Touch. “It seems to get easier every day to disconnect from the people around you,” Dreimanis observes. “Leah and I started to see human touch as this pure thing—this antidote to a world that had become obsessed with mirrors and screens. We became fascinated with that moment where two bodies can actually touch and experience each other honestly.”

TOUCH – TRACK LIST
1. Picturing Love
2. Beck + Call
3. Strange Habit
4. Now I Know
5. Johnny + Mary
6. Push + Pull
7. Lola + Joseph
8. So Sorry
9. Jesus Said So
10. Touch

JULY TALK – SELECT DATES – SUMMER 2016
June 11 Garrison Backlot Bash – Halifax, Canada
June 16 Canalside – Buffalo, NY
June 17 Burlington Sound Of Music – Burlington, Canada
June 18 Founder’s Festival – Grand Rapids, MI
June 19 IHEARTRADIO/MMVA – Toronto, Canada
June 23 Dragon Boat Festival – Ottawa, Canada
July 1 Chinguacousy Park, Brampton, Canada
July 2 Kee To Bala – Bala, Canada
July 16 Festival D’Ete de Quebec – Quebec City, Canada
July 24 Rock The Shores – Colwood, Vancouver Island, Canada
July 29 Osheaga – Parc Jean-Drapeau – Montreal, Canada
July 31 Area 506 Festival – Saint John, Canada
August 28 Alaska State Fair – Palmer, AK
September 03 XFest – Calgary, Canada
September 03 Sonic Boom Festival – Edmonton, Canada
September 7 Paradiso (upstairs room) – Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 8 Vera – Groningen, Netherlands
September 9 Applepop – Tiel, Netherlands
September 10 Atak (Saxion Hall) – Enschede, Netherlands
September 11 Rotown – Rotterdamn, Netherlands
September 13 King Tuts – Glasgow, United Kingdom
September 14 Sound Control Bar – Manchester, United Kingdom
September 15 Barfly – London, United Kingdom
September 17 Gleis 22 – Munster, Germany
September 19 Lido – Berlin, Germany
September 20 Strom – Munich, Germany
September 21 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, Germany
September 22 Underground – Cologne, Germany
September 23 Reeperbahn Festival – Hamburg, Germany