Wolf Parade - Modern World

What this video is

Released in 2006 as a music video for a track from Wolf Parade's landmark debut album 'Apologies to the Queen Mary' (Sub Pop, 2005), 'Modern World' arrives at the apex of a Montreal indie rock scene that, alongside Arcade Fire, had repositioned Canadian alternative music on the global stage. The video's stop-motion industrial allegory — machines displacing human musicians on a factory floor — resonates directly…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of mid-2000s indie rock visual culture, the video demonstrates how Sub Pop artists leveraged artisanal animation to create culturally resonant, budget-conscious visuals. Its stop-motion craft aesthetic anticipates the handmade music video revival that would peak circa…

The director

Born in Haifa, Israel in 1983, Adam Bizanski is a self-taught sculptor and stop-motion animator who created music videos during his mandatory Israeli military service. He won Best Animation at the Asifa-Israel Animation Festival for his stop-motion video for…