This is Tour Diary, where artists give us a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road. Earlier this year, Chanel Beads — the project of New York-bred musician Shane Lavers — went on a short run with Mount Kimbie in support of their hazy, brilliantly experimental debut album, Your Day Will Come. Along the way, the band ran into cats, closed kitchens, and a series of bizarre omens. Relive the run below.
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Abandoned stroller omen, the morning we flew out to start tour.
Hiccupping on the decks.
I was his house guest.
Moonlight omen before we slept on the farm.
Teenage dream.
Peace on Earth.
Pull over here.
Mount Kimbie lifting the curse that fell on us.
I never stop thinking of you.
Spitting diesel in the sports utility.
Merch models.
It never really ended.
The last omen we saw, in Chicago. Kitchen was closed.