Wolf Parade - Yulia

What this video is

Released in September 2010 to promote Wolf Parade's third album EXPO 86 (Sub Pop, June 2010), 'Yulia' sits at the apex of the Montreal indie rock scene's international visibility. Written by guitarist/vocalist Dan Boeckner, the song draws on Soviet-era Russian imagery—a thematic thread developed through his side project Handsome Furs' 2009 album Face Control. The video translates this Cold War romanticism into a…

Why it matters

Represents the pinnacle of the literary, narrative-driven indie rock music video format that flourished in the late-2000s to early-2010s, where directors with independent film credentials (Coffey's Sundance pedigree) applied cinematic craft to short-form band promotion. The video reinforces Wolf…

The director

Scott Coffey is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter born in Honolulu, Hawaii. As an actor he appeared in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, and Twin Peaks: The Return. As a director, his debut feature Ellie Parker…