Wolf Parade - Against the Day

What this video is

Released October 16, 2019 on Sub Pop Records as the lead single for Wolf Parade's fifth album Thin Mind (January 2020), 'Against the Day' marked the band's first new material since 2017's Cry Cry Cry. The video embodies the convergence of two distinct Canadian cultural threads: Montreal's indie rock scene (Wolf Parade) and Montreal's digital art underground (James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger). By engaging Kerr — whose…

Why it matters

Represents a key moment in late-2010s Canadian indie rock's dialogue with digital art and internet culture. Wolf Parade's use of Scorpion Dagger — a figure more associated with fine art institutions, luxury brands, and GIF culture than traditional music video production — signals a broader…

The director

James Kerr, born Montreal 1978, is a Montreal-based digital artist and animator who studied political science and history at Concordia University. He launched the Scorpion Dagger animated GIF project on Tumblr in 2012, committing to one animation per day for…