Squid share the music video for "Cro-Magnon Man"
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Squid share the music video for "Cro-Magnon Man"

Today, UK post-punk band Squid shared the music video for their song "Cro-Magnon Man", which is featured on their third studio album Cowards. The video was directed by BAFTA-winner Rory Alexander Stewart, and it stars professional roller skater and dancer Neil Nelly Ingall.

Looking like a found footage horror film, the new visual to the band's third single off Cowards cuts between clips of Ingall skating, a concrete and empty cityscape, and a puppet made of bones. Watch the "Cro-Magnon Man" video below:

Cowards was released on February 7 via Warp Records. Squid shared "Cro-Magnon Man" as the third promotional single for their record on February 4. Following the central theme of evil, the song tells the story of the fictional titular character, who lives in a surrealist world surrounded by corpses, ghosts, empty buildings, and decay. "I'll frame myself in the bones I have left," repeats the hook incessantly.

Next month, Squid will also begin their Cowards live tour, heading to cities across Europe, The UK/Ireland, and The US (including Toronto, ON). Check out the dates below:

04/09 Paris, FR @ Cabaret Sauvage
04/10 Cologne, DE @ Club Volta
04/11 Dresden, DE @ Polimagie Festival
04/12 Berlin, DE @ Lido
04/14 Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
04/15 Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
04/16 Antwerp, BE @ Trix
04/18 Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique Festival
04/19 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
04/26 London, UK @ Roundhouse
04/30 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
05/01 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
05/03 San Jose, CA @ The Ritz
05/04 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
05/06 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
05/07 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
05/09 Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
05/10 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
05/11 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
05/13 Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Hall
05/14 Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
05/16 Detroit, MI @ El Club
05/17 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
05/19 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
05/20 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
05/21 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
05/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw


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Victoria Borlando

New York, NY

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