Mert Gafuroglu
Bodega have released a video for Charlie with their debut album Endless Scroll out this Friday.
An ode to their home of New York, the promo was directed by band members Ben Hozie and Nikki Belfiglio. “On New Year’s Eve in 2007 my best friend Charlie drowned in the Charleston River,” Hozie explains.
“We had spent every day of that fall semester together; playing records and scheming plans for our great unformed rock and roll band at the University of South Carolina. I’ve been trying to write him a worthy song since then and only recently found the melody that felt like him. For the video, me and Nikki took a day-trip to Staten Island and took turns photographing each other.”
The band’s next UK tour opens in Bristol tonight, while Cardiff gets the first post-release gig on July 7th.
Tour dates:
July
4 – Bristol, UK, The Fleece
5 – Brighton, UK, The Haunt
7 – Cardiff, UK, Clwb Ifor Bach
8 – Birkenhead, UK, Birkenhead Library
10 – Manchester, UK, Soup Kitchen
11 – Birmingham, UK, The Sunflower Lounge
12 – London, UK, The Dome
13 – Beccles, UK, Latitude Festival
14 – Nottingham, UK, Bodega Social Club
16 – Nijmegen, NL, Valkhof Festival
17 – Trier, DE, Exhaus
19 – Port Grimaud, FR, Plage de Rock
21 – Benicassim, ES, Benicassim Festival
