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Jul 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary Dan Deacon

Leading up to the arrival of his new album America, electro-pop artist Dan Deacon has premiered a fittingly fun music video for the record’s lead single “True Thrush.” With Deacon co-directing with filmmaker Ben O’Brien the entire clip works like the popular game “telephone.” Deacon and O’Brien filmed a simple 13-second scene. That scene was then passed on to another team of two, who were given one hour to recreate everything in it (props, costumes, actions) entirely from memory, and pass their version along to the next team. Eighteen iterations later, the last looks nothing like the first. Click below to watch. In addition to the video Deacon has also tacked on a number of new tour dates on his already extensive calendar. America is out Aug. 28 in North America and Aug. 27 across the rest of the world.

Dan Deacon Tour Dates:

07-21 Antigonish, NS - Evolve Festival
08-04 Malaga, ES - Canela Party
08-16 Missoula, MT - The Badlander [Total Fest] *
08-29 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom &
08-30 Columbus, OH - Outland Live &
08-31 Indianapolis, IN - Earth House &
09-01 Chicago, IL- North Coast Music Festival *
09-02 Saint Louis, MO - Firebird &
09-03 Louisville, KY - Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts &
09-04 Nashville, TN - Exit In &
09-05 Huntsville, AL - Flying Monkey &
09-06 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light &
09-07 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival *
09-08 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater &
09-19 Prague, CZ - Meet Factory ^
09-20 Berlin, DE - Festsall Kreuzberg ^
09-21 Hamburg, DE - Reepers ^
09-22 Eindehoven, NL - Area 51 ^
09-23 Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoet ^
09-24 Brussels, BE - Botanique ^
09-25 Paris, FR - Le Trebando ^
09-26 London, UK - Scala ^
09-28 Manchester, UK - Islington Mill ^
09-29 Brighton, UK - The Haunt ^
10-03 Richmond, VA - Gallery 5 &
10-04 Greensboro, NC - The Blind Tiger &
10-05 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel &
10-06 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West &
10-08 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree &
10-09 New Orleans, LA - Le Maison &
10-10 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s &
10-11 Austin, TX - Beauty Ballroom &
10-12 Dallas, TX - Club Dada &
10-13 Norman, OK - Opolis &
10-16 Sante Fe, NM - Sol Sante Fe &
10-18 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom &
10-19 San Diego, CA - Irenic &
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre &
10-22 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Club &
10-23 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall &
10-25 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater &
10-26 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret &
10-27 Seattle,WA - Neptune &
10-29 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court &
10-31 Denver,CO - Bluebird Theater &
11-02 Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theatre &
11-03 Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar &
11-05 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre &
11-08 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick &
11-09 Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace &
11-10 Montreal, QC - SAT &
11-11 South Burlington, VA - Higher Ground &
11-12 Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery &
11-13 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club &
11-14 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg &
11-15 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer &
11-16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom &
11-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club &
12-06 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
12-09 Jacksonville, FL - Underbelly
12-10 Savannah, GA - Safe // Sound
12-11 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
12-13 Pensacola, FL - Handlebar
12-14 Gainesville, FL - Double Down Live
12-15 Tampa, FL - Crowbar

& = Dan Deacon Ensemble w/ Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick
^ = w/ 2 drummers
* = solo set

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