I’ve been talking about Fear of Men since first hearing them earlier this year. Hell, I even made S+D writer Brian write about their cover of Ty Segall’s “Sleeper” last week. Anyhow, it’s my opinion that their debut album, LOOM, is one of the best to come out in 2014 and their live show is a force to be reckoned with. Their latest video for “Tephra” (off the aforementioned LOOM) is a thing of beauty. Rife with stark imagery and veiled symbolism (like pretty much all of their videos before), the band decided to immolate the figure from the album’s cover “to mark the end of this part of the band’s life…” in their words. They kicked off a European tour on Thursday and hopefully this is an indication that they’ll soon be working on a new album. Watch the video for “Tephra” below and check out dates for their European tour after that.

25/09 – Brighton, UK at The Hope %

27/09 – Leeds, UK at Brudenell Games Room %

28/09 – Manchester, UK at The Castle %

29/09 – Cardiff, UK at Clwb Ifor %

30/09 – Birmingham, UK at The Bull’s Head %

01/10 – Bristol, UK at Start the Bus (Free Show) %

02/10 – London, UK at Concrete % !

03/10 – Brussels, Belgium at Beursschouwburg *

04/10 – The Hague, Netherlands at Paard van Troje

05/10 – Amsterdam, Netherlands at Bitterzoet *

06/10 – Heidelburg, Germany at Karlstorbahnhof #

07/10 – Hamburg, Germany at Astra Stube

08/10 – Berlin, Germany at Schokoladen Mitte

09/10 – Prague, Czech Republic at Club 007

10/10 – Vienna, Austria at Ottarkringer Brauerei

11/10 – St. Pölten, Austria at Freiraum

12/10 – Zagreb, Croatia at Klub Močvara

13/10 – Rijeka, Croatia at Club Život

14/10 – Milan, Italy at Ohibò

15/10 – Rome, Italy at Circolo deli Artisti ^

16/10 – Modena, Italy at Mattatoio

17/10 – Luzern, Switzerland at Gewerbehalle

18/10 – Rorschach, Switzerland at Treppenhaus

19/10 – Dijon, France at Hotel Particulier

20/10 – Paris, France at Le Point Ephemere

31/10 – Barcelona, Spain at Club Primavera

% w/ Flowers

! w/ Leave the Planet

* w/ Bear in Heaven

# w/ Hundred Waters

^ w/ Future Islands