Premiere: Ultimate Painting - "Riverside"

Band names veer from the obscure to just total bait right now, and while the duo of Ultimate Painting might sound like a bro wandering through an art gallery, they actually have a solid back story—taking their name from a famous collaboration that came out of the 1960s Colorado commune that housed John Cage, the Fluxos movement, and Allan Kaprow.

"Riverside", which you can watch above, is the latest song to drop from the their debut album, and though it might open all woozy and innocent, it quickly darkens with the introduction of an ominous, meandering organ. Kinda like when you try to recall happy memories from your childhood, but all you can muster is a foggy haze of emotional pain.

The video director says: "I was inspired by the theme of autonomy within the song to create this piece featuring a small child testing his independence on a day out with his single father. Shot on discontinued super 8 film, the pair wake up and have a run around a cemetery before dad carries our protagonist back home. We see the son riding a park train all by himself in the organ break, foreshadowing his future autonomous self."

Catch Ultimate Painting on the following North American dates:

Wed. Mar. 4 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Thu. Mar. 5 - Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog
Fri. Mar. 6 - Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
Sat. Mar. 7 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
Sun. Mar. 8 - Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle
Fri. Mar. 13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
Sat. Mar. 14 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Sun. Mar. 15 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Mon. Mar. 16 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
Tue. Mar. 17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Wed. Mar 18 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
Thu. Mar. 19-Sat. Mar. 21 - Austin TX @ SXSW
Wed. Mar. 25 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Thu. Mar. 26 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium
Fri. Mar. 27 - Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
Sat. Mar. 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Wed. Apr. 1 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Sun. Apr. 5 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Mon. Apr. 6 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency