While everyone is still griping about Arcade Fire’s dress code announcement for their forthcoming tour, the band took the opportunity today to release an official video for their song “Afterlife.” The Emily Kai Bock directed piece doesn’t include any of the band members, rather depicting the story of a young boy growing up, and growing old. Surely an excellent visual aid to an already excellent song.

In other Arcade Fire news, the group released a statement about their dress code, easing the minds of those who were distraught over such an announcement. Simply put–“relax.”

To everyone really upset about us asking people to dress up at our shows… please relax. It’s super not mandatory. It just makes for a more fun carnival when we are all in it together. So far these have been the best shows we have ever played.
See you soon.
Love,
Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire 2014 Tour Dates

March 6 Louisville, KY—KFC Yum! Center
March 8 Minneapolis, MN—Target Center
March 10 Auburn Hills, MI—Palace of Auburn Hills
March 12 Pittsburgh, PA—Consol Energy Center
March 13 Toronto, ON—Air Canada Centre
March 14 Ottawa, ON—Canadian Tire Centre
March 16 Cleveland, OH—Quicken Loans Arena
March 17 Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center
March 18 Bridgeport, CT—Webster Bank Arena
April 9 Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 10 Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater
April 23 Denver, CO—Pepsi Center
April 26 Kansas City, MO—Starlight Theatre
April 27 St. Louis, MO—Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
April 29 Columbus, OH—Schottenstein Center
May 1 Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena
May 2 Atlanta, GA—Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
July 30 Mountain View, CA—Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 8 Seattle, WA—Gorge Amphitheatre
August 11 Edmonton, AB—Rexall Place
August 12 Calgary, AB—Scotiabank Saddledome
August 14 Winnipeg, SK—MTS Centre
August 17 Washington, DC—Verizon Center
August 19 Boston, MA—Comcast Center
August 22 Brooklyn, NY—Barclays Center
August 23 Brooklyn, NY—Barclays Center
August 26 Chicago, IL—United Center
August 30 Montreal, QC—Parc Jean-Drapeau