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The Cactus Blossoms | photo by Nate Ryan | courtesy of the artist

Winter storms shut down the midwest last week, but for Minneapolis natives The Cactus Blossoms, a bit of snow and ice is par for the course. With their second studio LP Easy Way on the way on March 1st via Walkie Talkie Records, the band set out into last week’s polar vortex to shoot a music video for “Got A Lotta Love” in central Minneapolis’ Bockley Gallery, not far from Lake of the Isles.

“A good friend of ours was kind enough to let us use his gallery space to shoot this video,” says the band’s Page Burkum. “When we heard a blizzard was headed way we thought we might have to call the whole thing off but everyone showed up and the snow made a beautiful backdrop.”

The easygoing, romantic song from the new record was co-written with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, and features Burkum and his co singer and songwriter Jack Torrey paired up at a vintage microphone, delivering warm and inviting classic pop harmonies in the spirit of Simon & Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers, while bandmates Phillip Hicks on bass, Tyler Burkum on electric guitar, and Jeremy Hanson on drums back them up along the storefront window. Watch it all breeze by below.

The past twelve or so months have been very good to The Cactus Blossoms. Their tastefully retro style caught the ear of David Lynch, who had them perform in The Roadhouse as the credits rolled in episode 3 of Twin Peaks: The Return.  They also toured with Kacey Musgraves and Jenny Lewis, and performed at Newport Folk Festival and Lincoln Center in New York. This Friday, they take to the stage at World Cafe Live for WXPN’s Free at Noon concert — RSVP for tickets here — and in April, once the midwest has thawed, they’ll head out on a North American tour in support of Easy Way. Full dates can be found below, including a Philadelphia stop at Underground Arts. Tickets and more information on that show can be found at the XPN Concert Calendar.

Tour Dates
April 5 – Mission Creek Music Festival – Iowa City, IA
April 6 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
April 7 – Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN
April 9 – Club Cafe – Pittsburgh, PA
April 10 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
April 11 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
April 12 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
April 13 – Higher Ground (Showcase Lounge) – Burlington, VT
April 14 – Petit Campus – Montreal, Canada
April 16 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, Canada
April 17 – El Club – Detroit, MI
April 18 – Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
April 19 – The Back Room at Colectivo Coffee – Milwaukee, WI
April 25 – Reverb – Omaha, NE
April 26 – Globe Hall – Denver, CO
April 27 – The State Room – Salt Lake City, UT
April 30 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
May 1 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
May 3 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
May 4 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA
May 8 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
May 9 – 3TEN ACL Live – Austin, TX
May 10 – Club Dada – Dallas, TX
May 11 – VZD’s – Oklahoma City, OK
May 12 – The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
May 24 – Nashville Boogie – Nashville, TN

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