Princess Goes ā the buzzy band led by the charismatic showmanship and signature voice of vocalist, lyricist, musician and actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under, Lazarus) alongside keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie, Cyndie Lauper) and drummer Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood) ā share the official video for āCome of Ageā.
The video was directed by the esteemedĀ Marcos SiegaĀ (System Of A Down, Blink-182, Weezer), who has previously worked with Princess Goes frontmanĀ Michael C. HallĀ on the show “Dexter: New Blood”. This new video marks the first time the two artists have worked together since. A compelling performance video recorded on the backstreets of Times Square in NYC.
Speaking about the video frontmanĀ Michael C. HallĀ writes:
“Friend and collaborator Marcos Siega, with whom I’ve worked on many Dexter episodes, approached me about shooting a video. We jumped at the chance. Cuz Marcos is a righteous dude. AND because, before becoming a prolific and sought-after film and TV director and show-runner, Marcos directed TONS of seminal late 90’s and 2000’s music vids. We had a total blast wading through the circus of Times Square and making this covert-op Come of Age vid. Admit you wanna watch it…”
āCome Of AgeāĀ is the title-track of their acclaimed new album, out now via SO In De Goot Recordings.Ā The album stands as the trioās most accessible, yet innovative work to date, replete with songs that traverse a thrilling and often surprising sonic and lyrical landscape. Thereās a clear cohesiveness to the 12 songs on the album that manage to be all at once catchy and intoxicating, soundtrack-y musicscapes for the ages, synth-heavy but multi-faceted.
The musical growth on āCome Of Ageā was organic, and though onstage and on paper, they are a keyboards-drums-vocals band, this album is rife with guitar and bass, instruments that play a bigger role than they did on previous recordings. The bandās evolution is ongoing and often unearthly, spacy and provocative in the vein of Bowieās Blackstar (David Bowie personally cast Hall to play the lead role of Thomas Newton in his final stage project ā Lazarus on Broadway). The album also featured the singles, “Shimmer“, “Blur“, and “Jetpack“.
Reflecting on the genesis of āCome of Ageā,Ā YanowitzĀ adds:
“This beautiful track came out of Matt Katz Bohenās incredible imagination. In Princess, we love the band Future Islands, and I think you can hear their influence in this tune. These are among my favorite lyrics Mike has writtenā¦too many lyrics to mention here, but one that sticks out to me is ‘Admit you wanna see me go down.’ I really love the sentiment and the way the line unfolds in the delivery. I believe Mike intended it one way, but I also think about that line in the bigger picture, how so many people seem to want others to fail, maybe even want us to fail, and the delivery is seasoned with just the right amount of attitudeā¦like you can be a hater, but we donāt give a fk…deal with it. One nice touch is that we recorded that distortion live on Mikeās vocal. It wasnāt an effect added laterā¦the distortion is married to the performance. For the production geeks…the pre-amp we used on Mikeās vocal was an Avalon 727. The original song all started with a discarded Yamaha synthesizer Matt found in the garbage on the street in Brooklyn.”
Listen to Princess Goes’ brand new album, āCome Of Ageā, out now via all DSPs here:Ā https://onerpm.link/comeofage
Following a UK & European tour earlier this Autumn, Princess Goes have justĀ announced a series of U.S. live dates, for this December. Tickets and more information can be foundĀ HERE. Stay tuned for additional dates, to be announced in the near future.