Coheed And Cambria have shared the official music video for "Shoulders", their first proper studio recording in almost three years. The Max Moore-directed video captures the band delivering a powerful performance of the track set within a cavernous industrial space. Watch below.

“As a band, we’ve always been a little outside of the mainstream and that’s helped keep us true to ourselves. As people, it’s important to focus on your strengths and who you are, and not try too hard for acceptance. Everyone is special and has their own unique contributions and that’s what the video represents,” remarked the band.

The song “Shoulders" was officially released on July 21 and has since amassed over 1,000,000 streams and become the first song inside the top 40 at Active Rock radio in the band’s history, currently sitting at #31 with a bullet.

For the last 20 years, Coheed and Cambria have continuously broken the mold of what a rock band can be, forging their own path and building a universe around their music unlike any other. Whether it is in the way their genre-spanning approach to songwriting has allowed them to bridge worlds without being contained to one, or the multifaceted story arc of their albums and comic book series which mark the longest running concept story in music, Coheed and Cambria have consistently shaped new standards, never conformed.

“Shoulders” touches on the highs and lows of this journey, and how at times it can be frustrating to be an outsider to trendy circles, but in the end, doing it your own way has the biggest rewards.

Coheed and Cambria vocalist / guitarist Claudio Sanchez commented on “Shoulders” noting, “In art, in your career, in relationships… No matter how much you give of yourself or try, you have to accept that not everything in life can be a perfect fit.”

Ironically, “Shoulders” might be the band’s most accessible material of their career, built with ferocious riffs and a towering chorus - maybe it’s time for the best of both worlds.

Later this summer Coheed and Cambria will embark on a outdoor co-headlining amphitheater tour with The Used. The 18-city US tour, produced by Live Nation, will begin on Friday, August 27 in Irvine, CA and make stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Cleveland, New Jersey, Worcester, and more. The late summer journey will feature special guests Meet Me @ The Altar and carolesdaughter on select dates and will culminate with performance at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL on September 24.

Dates:

August
27 - Los Angeles, CA - FivePoint Amphitheatre*
28 - Phoenix, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre*
30 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex - Outdoors*
31 - Denver, CO - Levitt Pavilion Denver*

September
2 - Irving, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
4 - Austin, TX - Germania Insurance Amphitheater*
5 - Houston, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
7 - Wichita, KS - WAVE - Outdoors*
8 - St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis Music Park*
11 - Columbus, OH - Express Live! - Outdoors*
12 - Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica*
14 - Cincinnati, OH - The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park*
15 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park*
18 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium - Outdoors*
19 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center*
21 - Baltimore, MD - MECU Pavilion^
22 - Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater^
24 - Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place^

* with special guest Meet Me @ The Altar
^ with special guest carolesdaughter