Dan Deacon is still riding the waves of his latest album, Bromst, and apparently so is the star of his new music video for “Paddling Ghost.”

Directed by Natalie Van Den Dungen, a pirate-wannabe ghost literally paddles his way through a journey where it is joined by a skeleton pirate and a man (who oddly resembles Deacon, himself) in what at first seems like a submarine-like contraption and then later… a spaceship?. Watch Deacon’s adorable little ghost paddle a boat out into the waves, go horseback riding, go in a cave under water and eventually out into space.

If anyone has seen the film, Paper Heart, the direction is a bit similar giving off the same sincere vibe. Check it out below!

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Dan Deacon was just a DJ playing basements and small clubs six years ago, but eventually his spastic electric-pop spread like fire and he is now one of Baltimore’s leading artists. After Spiderman of the Rings was a success, he set out to tour the world along with 14 others accompanying him in support of his latest album, Bromst.

I suppose all this could get you featured in NPR’s Exclusive First Listen series. (It also helps that Deacon went to school for all this!) They’ve gone as far as describing him as “electro freak-pop” but also did a good job pointing out that Bromst goes beyond Spiderman of the Rings by adding organic instruments such as the piano, glockenspiel, and marimba to his former electronic-only sound. You can listen to the Bromst on NPR before its release on March 24th via Carpark and get a free download of “Getting Older” from us.

We’ve also got the rest of his tour dates below!

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Yesterday, we saw the artwork for Dan Deacon‘s new album “Bromst” and today we get to hear a free track from it. Pretty sweet.

For the last three years Dan Deacon has been working on Bromst. Fusing together the growing intensity of his live performances with his background in electro-acoustic composition, the outcome is a collection of pieces that are intense and epic and at the same time down to earth and welcoming. Bromst embodies the same energy and excitement as Spiderman of the Rings, however the craftsmanship and composition on Bromst have a wider scope and richer palette.

Unlike the completely electronic Spiderman of the Rings, the instrumentation on Bromst is a mixture of acoustic instruments, mechanical instruments, samples and electronics. The player piano, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone, live drums, winds and brass give Bromst a much richer tone than his previous work.

Check it out below…

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Dan Deacon has unveiled the new release date for his LP Bromst. The disc was originally supposed to be released this year, but has now been moved to a much later March 24 2009 release date.

Rather than fly solo, Deacon has also recently assembled a 15-person band to take on tour with him, with the groups first show together scheduled for December 11th in Brooklyn at the Masonic Temple.

Check out a full list of tour dates after the break:

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