If you’ve gotten a chance to see Power Trip live, you can attest to the manic energy of their live set. The band’s just-released video for “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)” is the next best thing to being at one of their shows. Shot at a hometown show in Dallas, and directed by the band’s Andy Capper, it’s part straightforward performance video and part war footage and political figures that not-so-subtly conveys the meaning of the song. If you substituted Reagan and Thatcher for Trump and Putin, this could be an Exodus or Leeway video 30 years ago – and that’s a good thing. The band are currently on a West Coast tour. Scroll down for the dates.

3/28: Marquis Theater – Denver, CO #
3/29: Beehive Social Club – Salt Lake City, UT #
3/30: WavePOP House – Boise, ID #
3/31: Real Art Tacoma, The Deal – Tacoma, WA #
4/1: Astoria – Vancouver, BC #
4/2: Analog Theater – Portland, OR ^
4/4: Arlene Francis Center – Santa Rosa, CA !^
4/5: Thee Stylehouse – Stockton, CA !^
4/6: The New Parish – Oakland, CA !#
4/7: The Ritz – San Jose, CA !^
4/8: Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA !^
4/9: Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA !^
4/10: The Casbah – San Diego, CA !^
4/11: Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ !^
4/12: Club Congress – Tucson, AZ !^

# – w/ Destruction Unit and Primal Rite
^ – w/ Destruction Unit
! – w/ Mizery