Bahamas unveils a video for the viral hit ‘All the Time’ (aka that song from the James Franco smartphone ad)
By Miles Raymer
Canadian auteur Afie Jurvanen released his first album under his nom de rock Bahamas back in 2009, has shared bills with Wilco and Jack Johnson, and was nominated for his home country’s top musical awards multiple times, but it took a smartphone commercial for him to finally break through in the States. You’ve probably seen it–it’s the one where James Franco turns falling off a building into a typically Franco-esque exercise in irritatingly competent multitasking to an impeccably chill soundtrack of lilting falsetto vocals and a fuzzed-out staccato bass line.
That song, “All the Time” (from the new Bahamas album Bahamas is Afie) is finally getting its own Franco-free full-length visual. While it’s a low-key, no-frills affair, the buoyant slow-mo and unfussy aesthetic suit the song nicely. And if you only know “All the Time” from the Droid commercial, the full version’s expertly deployed vocal harmonies and guitar leads–which sound like lost moments from a late-era Beatles album–are a revelation.
BAHAMAS WINTER TOUR DATES
Dec. 4 /Burlington, VT / Higher Ground† with Lucius
Dec. 5 / Albany, NY /The Hollow† with Lucius
Dec. 6 / New York, NY / Terminal 5† with Lucius
Jan. 8 / St. Catharines, ON / Sean O’Sullivan Theatre
Jan. 9 / Peterborough, ON / Market Hall Performing Arts Centre
Jan. 10 / Ottawa, ON / Bronson Centre
Jan. 12 / Kingston, ON / The Grand Theatre
Jan. 13 / Barrie, ON / Georgian Theatre
January 14 Pittsburgh, PA Club Café
Jan. 16 / Louisville, KY / Zanzabar
Jan. 17 / Nashville, TN / Mercy Lounge
Jan. 20 / Houston, TX / Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
Jan. 21 / Austin, TX / Stubb’s Jr
Jan. 22 / Dallas, TX T / he Kessler
Jan. 24 / Omaha, NE / Reverb
Jan. 25 / Rock Island, IL / Rozz Tox
Jan. 27 / Iowa City, IA / The Mill
Jan. 28 / Milwaukee, WI / Shank Hall
Jan. 29 / Chicago, IL / Lincoln Hall
Jan. 30 / Ann Arbor, ME / Ann Arbor Folk Fest
Jan. 31 / London, ON / Aeolian Hall