NEW VIDEO FROM WOLF PARADE: YULIA

Ground control to Wolf Parade. In the new Scott Coffey directed video for the  cinematic “Yulia” off  Wolf Parade’s Expo 86, a Soviet astronaut on a secret black mission is rocketed into space leaving behind a woman he may never see again.  It’s sort of a Major Tom, Cold War conspiracy style with a nod to Russian cinema. In the song, the protagonist is in a (metaphorical) space away from a woman named Yulia, but is he lost in space forever? Watch the video.

“During the Cold War at the beginning of the Space Age, the Soviet Union was rumored to have two space programs – one a public program, the other a secret ‘black’ one, in which dangerous and sometimes downright suicidal missions were attempted. Cosmonauts would be shot into orbit without the means or resources to get them home, stranded in an expanding orbit around earth, slowly pulling away, frozen in space for eternity. I wanted to create a kind of formal and slightly nostalgic vibe. At the same time, I wanted it to feel untethered to an exact era — not specifically in the past. I shot in Portland Oregon and a little in Romania and I was really inspired by Russian cinema and Communist propaganda posters. It was an ambitious idea and I’m really stoked thatDeschutes Brewery and North were able to help support the production of this video for Wolf Parade’s great song, Yulia.”– Scott Coffey