Waterparks have released a music video for‘Violet!‘, from their brand new album, Greatest Hits, released last Friday via 300 Entertainment.
The purple-hued video is simultaneously fun and avant garde, fitting of the track itself. ‘With this video, Waterparks’ play on the song’s lyric “No I’m not a stalker but I watch you while you’re walkin’,” featuring a giant eye that appears throughout the video, watching the band.
| The trio recently announced a series of special UK album release shows to celebrate the release of ‘Greatest Hits’, around their appearances at the Slam Dunk Festivals. Full dates below: AUGUST 2021 30: GLASGOW King Tuts 31: LEEDS Key Club SEPTEMBER 2021 02: LONDON Tufnell Park Dome 03: BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute 2 04: LEEDS SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL North Acoustic Set 05: HATFIELD SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL South Acoustic Set |
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| The aforementioned main stage appearances at Slam Dunk are as follows: SEPTEMBER 2021 04: SLAM DUNK NORTH @ LEEDS Temple Newsam 05: SLAM DUNK SOUTH @ HATFIELD Park |
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| Additionally, the band’s previously announced ‘See You In The Future’ UK headline tour has now moved back to June 2022, with full dates below: JUNE 2022 17: LEEDS O2 Academy 18: MANCHESTER Academy 19: GLASGOW O2 Academy 21: NOTTINGHAM Rock City 22: LONDON O2 Academy Brixton 23: BRISTOL O2 Academy 25: BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Tickets on sale now at: http://www.waterparksband.com |
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| Most bands wouldn’t name their new album Greatest Hits. Waterparks aren’t most bands. The Houston, trio—Awsten Knight, Otto Wood, and Geoff Wigington —are just ballsy and bold enough to pull off calling their fourth album, Greatest Hits [300 Entertainment], and actually deliver on the promise of that moniker. See, the boys continually rewrite the rules for what a band can do in the 21st century. While the death of the Rockstar was lamented time and time again, they quietly emerged as a new school genre-pillaging phenomenon in an old school way: by busting their asses in the studio and on the road. As they usher in the Greatest Hits era, the band only pick up the pace. Waterparks has garnered a cult following for their animated musical stylings. 2019’s FANDOM elevated them to new critical and commercial peaks. Marking a series of career bests, it landed at #2 on the Billboard Top Alternative Albums Chart, granting their first Top 40 debut on the Billboard Top 200. KERRANG! rated it “KKKK” and MTV admitted, “We have no choice but to stan.” As the band nears 400 million cumulative streams to date, it yielded fan favourites, including ‘I Miss Having Sex But At Least I Don’t Wanna Die Anymore,’ ‘Turbulent,’ and ‘Watch What Happens Next.’ |
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| ‘Greatest Hits’ album art |