Jake Smith, professionally known as The White Buffalo, dropped his latest album, Year of the Dark Horse, last month. The entire LP was a change for the normally acoustic-driven performer, a stark contrast from his usual strum-and-vocal combo. It’s an album that throws genre out the window and, in turn, sees oddities abound.
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Smith has captured Year of the Dark Horse perfectly in the album’s accompanying music videos. An album broken up by the changing of the seasons, he premiered three videos at a time almost like acts in a play, or seasons in a year. The new trio of clips for the songs, “Love Will Never Come/Spring’s Song,” “C’mon Come Up Come Out,” and “She Don’t Know That I Lie,” represents spring into summer. The videos, directed by C.W Robert Mihlberger, are taken from a companion art film based on the record.
Full of dazzling dramatics, spacey synths, thundering beats, and guttural vocals, watch “Love Will Never Come/Spring’s Song,” below.
The video for “C’mon Come Up Come Out” shows the artist goofily grooving to the soft, shuffling tune. Get a glimpse at the artist’s T-shirt collection in the clip, below.
A bedsheet-clad ghost haunts parks and package stores in the ominously, vaudevillian tune, “She Don’t Know That I Lie.” Try not to get spooked by the music video, below.
The new set of videos follows the previously released Act I set, “Winter into Spring,” which includes the songs “Not Today,” “Winter Act 2,” and “Kingdom For A Fool.”
Upcoming Tour Dates
Dec. 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
Dec. 2 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Dec. 4 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Dec. 6 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Dec. 7 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Dec. 9 – Missoula, MT @ The Wilma Theatre
Dec. 10 – Bozeman, MT @ The ELM
Dec. 11 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
Dec. 13 – Reno, NV @ Cargo Concert Hall
Dec. 15 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
Dec. 16 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory-North Park
Jan. 14 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
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