The clip for the Happiness Bastards single is the band’s first music video in 16 years
The Black Crowes have dropped a new music video for, “Wanting and Waiting,” the first single from the rock outfit’s first album in 15 years, Happiness Bastardsout March 15.
Directed by Christopher Acosta, the visuals match the punchy rock and roll energy of “Wanting and Waiting.” It pairs a spirited performance with an overlay of animation — illustrated lyrics, skulls, and of course a murder of crowds in full flight as the Black Crowes rip through “Wanting and Waiting.”
The “Wanting and Waiting” clip is also the first music video the Black Crowes have released since 2008’s “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution.” “We’re thrilled to drop our first music video in 16 years!” the band tells Rolling Stone. “Here’s a visual slice of the Black Crowes rock n roll pie.”
Happiness Bastards marks the Black Crowes’ first album of all-new material since 2009’s Before the Frost… Until the Freeze. Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson disbanded the group in 2015, but reconciled in 2019. To mark the occasion, they scheduled a big reunion tour for the following year, which doubled as a 30th anniversary celebration for their 1990 debut, Shake Your Money Maker. While Covid-19 delayed the run, the Crowes were finally able to hit the road in 2021.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the Robinsons spoke about the tensions that had kept them apart for years having little effect on their creative partnership. “I wouldn’t say we had to repair our writing relationship, because that was never an issue,” Rich said. “That was always the one natural thing, with very little volatility — when we would sit down to write, for whatever reason. Everything else was just making the decision to be an adult, and not falling back into those kinds of old patterns. But us getting back together and being cool and just getting it to that place lifts everything up.”
The Black Crowes have scheduled an extensive spring tour in support of Happiness Bastards. A North American leg kicks off April 2 in Nashville and and wraps May 7 in Philadelphia, with a string of European dates to follow.