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Tom Waits - 'Hell Broke Luce'

by 405 TV, 07 August 2012

Tom Waits plays the sinister version of the old man from 'Up' in the video for 'Hell Broke Luce' - which sees the legendary figure drag a house through hell.

The video was directed by Matt Mahurin, and is pretty damn great, though sadly it seems the big announcement he had planned today wasn't based around a tour.

The track is taken from Bad As Me, which is out now via ANTI-.

Update:

Tom Waits has issued the following statement regarding the video:

"As most of you guessed, it’s a tour…a tour de force!

"Matt Mahurin has created an apocalyptic war dream to accompany the song 'Hell Broke Luce'. Kathleen and I envisioned it as an enlightened drill sergeant yelling the hard truths of war to a brand new batch of recruits. The video grew from the gnawing image of a soldier pulling his home, through a battlefield, at the end of a rope.

"I think you will agree, it's uplifting and fun."

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