Spend a day in Tokyo with John Carroll Kirby in his latest “Mates” music video from his last album Blowout. Directed by Luke Casey, the visual follows Kirby as he searches for a long-lost friend, both trying to maneuver the labyrinth of the city streets until they can meet again.
Stream: John Carroll Kirby – “Mates”
Vinyl: John Carroll Kirby – Blowout
Released in June 2023, Blowout was inspired by a period in Costa Rica spent playing with local musicians and imagining “failed utopias”. Blowout teeters between two definitions of its title – a moment of destruction and one big party. In Costa Rica, Kirby contemplated episodes of collective madness or delusion, such as Fyre Festival and the Heaven’s Gate cult, imagining “a festival where everyone gets beamed up to utopia or heaven instead of starving or dying unfulfilled.” “Mates” is the ecstatic soundtrack to Kirby and friends rolling deep to the festival.
John Carroll Kirby – Upcoming Tour Dates
Oct 11 – Tokyo, Japan @ WWW X
Oct 12 – Shizuoka, Japan @ Asagiri Fest
Nov 23 – Jakarta, Indonesia @ Joyland Fest
