The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die Premiere "Marine Tigers" Video at Noisey

Today, Connecticut’s The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die premiere their video “Marine Tigers” at Noisey.

The song “Marine Tigers” is based off content from singer David Bello’s father José Bello’s new book Marine Tigers that he wrote about his experience coming to New York from Puerto Rico in the ‘40s. Bello explains, “Marine Tiger was the ship that carried people from Puerto Rico, and so the white people in New York started calling all the Puerto Rican people ‘Marine Tigers.’ The idea of being named after something that you’re not excited about ties into that feeling of always being foreign.” The song also references his mother’s personal history as a second-generation American of Lebanese descent—as well as his own upbringing in a predominantly white West Virginia town.

Watch the video for “Marine Tigers” at Noisey now

The band’s new album Always Foreign is out on Epitaph on September 29. Along with Bello, Cyr, and Teti, the TWIABP lineup includes Tyler Bussey (guitar, banjo, synth, vocals), Dylan Balliett (guitar, vocals), Katie Dvorak (synth, vocals), and Steven K Buttery (percussion, vocals). Formed in Connecticut in 2009, TWIABP made their full-length debut with Whenever, If Ever (a 2013 release hailed as “revolutionary” by Pitchfork) and later delivered Harmlessness (praised as “bold and complex and dazzling” by Noisey and “grandiose and dramatic” by NPR).

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die will tour this fall. Full tour dates are below.

Tour Dates:

Sept 22 Indianapolis, IN – Hoosier Dome

Sept 23 Urbana, IL – Pygmalion

Sept 29 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church

Oct 11 Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s

Oct 12 Lansing, MI – Mac’s Bar

Oct 13 Chicago. IL – Subterranean

Oct 14 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups

Oct 15 St. Louis, MO – Firebird

Oct 17 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon

Oct 18 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club

Oct 19 Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck

Oct 20 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater

Oct 21 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court

Oct 23 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey

Oct 24 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

Oct 26 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone Berkeley

Oct 27 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo

Oct 28 San Diego, CA – The Irenic

Oct 29 Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge

Oct 31 Austin, TX – Sidewinder

Nov 01 Dallas, TX – Three Links

Nov 03 Orlando, FL – Backbooth

Nov 04 Jacksonville, FL – Nighthawks

Nov 05 Atlanta, GA – The Small Ball

Nov 07 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

Nov 08 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar

Nov 09 Cambridge, MA – The Middle East

Nov 10 Hamden, CT – The Ballroom at The Outer Space