Merchandise have today premiered the new video for ‘Telephone’, a collaboration between band and hugely influential Scottish artist John Byrne. Taken from recent album, After The End, ‘Telephone’ was filmed on location in Edinburgh earlier this year and is the band’s modern take on John’s infamous play The Slab Boys with Carson, Dave and Pat cast in roles previously made famous by Robert Carlisle, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Cumming, while the 1983 Broadway outing starred Kevin Bacon, Val Kilmer and Sean Penn. The video even includes a cameo from John himself.

Speaking of the video, Carson Cox said, “This video was lots of work. For sure our most theatrical but also our most animated. Under the amazing art direction of John Byrne and a load of scots we were able to not only confuse time but create a new type of surrealism. We smoked a ton of cigarettes and stuffed ourselves with food till the ideas came flowing out…”, while John Byrne said, “Delightful bunch of guys, really, really talented – going to be BIG, no two ways about that! They were great to work with and God bless them – very, very smart AND funny.”

Merchandise are currently on tour in North America, playing the Empty Bottle in Chicago tonight. They reach Europe in early-November for a month long tour. All

upcoming dates are listed below…

October

10th – Empty Bottle, Chicago IL, US a

11th – The Luminary, St Louis MO, US ”

12th – Ace of Cups, Columbus OH, US ”

– Iron Works, Buffalo, NY, US ”

13th

14th – Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY, US #

15th – Wrongbar, Toronto, Canada ”

16th – House of Targ, Ottawa, Canada ”

17th – La Vitrola, Montreal, Canada ”

18th – Great Scott, Boston MA, US – FREE SHOW ”

21st – First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA, US §

22nd – Black Cat Backstage, Washington DC, US §

23rd – Strange Matter, Richmond VA, US §

24th – Kings, Raleigh NC, US §

25th – Mammal Gallery, Atlanta GA, US §

November

4th – Täubchenthal, Leipzig, Germany

5th – Arena Vienna, Vienna, Austria

6th – Posthof, Linz, Austria

7th – Mocvara, Zagreb, Croatia

8th – AKC Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia

9th – Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland

10th – La Graviere, Geneva, Switzerland

12th – Biko Club, Milan, Italy

13th – TBA, Rome, Italy

14th – Covo Club, Bologna, Italy

15th – Sonic, Lyon, France

16th – Espace B, Paris, France

17th – Trix, Antwerp, Belgium

18th – The Laundry, London, UK *

20th – Start The Bus, Bristol, UK *

21st – The Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK *

22nd – Sound Control, Manchester, UK *

23rd – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK *

24th – Stereo, Glasgow, UK *

25th – Cluny 2, Newcastle, UK *

26th – Kazimier, Liverpool, UK *

27th – Coalition, Brighton, UK *

28th – Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

29th – Nachtleben, Frankfurt, Germany

30th – Feierwerk (The Orange House), Munich, Germany

December

1st – Zwölfzehn, Stuttgart, Germany

2nd – Club Banhof Ehrefeld, Cologne, Germany

3rd – Hafenklang, Hamburg, Germany

4th – Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany

” – w/ Lower

a – w/ Lower, Final Grin

# – w/ Lower, Ninos Du Brasil

§ – w/ Ninos Du Brasil

* – w/ Shopping