On Thursday, Baltimore-based funk quartet Pigeons Playing Ping Pong released a new video for “King Kong” featuring the Here Come The Mummies horn section via Rolling Stone.
Directed by lauded photographer/videographer Jay Blakesberg, PPPP’s new video highlights their appearance at the 2019 Summer Camp Music Festival both onstage and backstage. moe. guitarist Al Schnier and drummer Vinnie Amico make cameos in the video, as well as Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe guitarist DJ Williams.
The video plays on Here Come The Mummies’ sit-in with the band at SCAMP. As the band members prepare for their set, they are hunted down one by one by the pack of roving musical mummies who turn them into mummies themselves.
“I remember sharing a laugh over our collective stank face when we first laid down this punchy groove at band practice,” Pigeons’ Greg Ormont explained to Rolling Stone. “We quickly fleshed out some parts and gave it a metaphorical exclamation point when we screamed ‘King Kong’ to match our intense energy.”
Watch Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s new “King Kong” video below:
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong – “King Kong” [Official Video]
[Video: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong]
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s “King Kong” is available today as a single via the streaming platform of your choice. Listen to the single on Spotify below:
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong – “King Kong”
Next up for Pigeons is a performance at Live Oak, FL’s Suwannee Hulaween on Friday, October 25th. From there, the band will mount their annual Halloween run comprised of performances at Boston’s House of Blues (10/31), NYC’s PlayStation Theater (11/1) and New Haven, CT’s College Street Music Hall. This year’s Halloween run theme is “Stop Making Cake,” which promises fans “1 PPPPart Talking Heads, 1 PPPPart Cake and 1 PPPPart Pigeon Funk.”
See below for a full list of the band’s upcoming tour dates. For ticketing and more information, head to Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s website.