New Orleans, La.-based rap duo, The Knux, are busy working on the follow up to 2010’s F*** You EP, and while the boys – brothers Kentrell and Alvin Lindsey (better known as Krispy and Joey, respectively) – say that sessions for what will be their sophomore LP were informed by late nights spent listening to the Rolling Stones, The Clash, ZZ Top, Joy Division, The Smiths and PM Dawn, Pigeons and Planes has now provided some visual evidence of the group’s love for the spectacle of rock music.
Streaming above is the video for the still-untitled album’s first single, “She’s So Up”, and it’s essentially a staged live performance which finds Krispy and Joey backed by a drummer while an eclectic mob pogos up and down. It’s a bit strange to see “rappers” with guitars, but the Lindseys seem bent on transcending that label in the nearly four-minute clip. Director Don Tyler says the video is “a departure from what you’re used to seeing from The Knux,” and a behind-the-scenes clip (which can be seen below) finds the brothers explaining that they shot the video performance style because they wanted their new full-length to convey how “raw, wild, and untamed” they are in a live setting. There’s no release date on the album, but fans who haven’t delved into The Knux’s debut LP can cop that here.