Blitzen Trapper - Stranger In A Strange Land

What this video is

Released in the fall of 2011 as part of Blitzen Trapper's sixth album American Goldwing (Sub Pop Records), 'Stranger in a Strange Land' represents the band's most overtly Americana-facing moment: a closing-track meditation on road-weariness, dislocation, and longing that critics associated with mid-1960s Dylan and roots-revival country-folk. The accompanying video, constructed from iPhone tour footage by drummer…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the early-2010s Americana revival in indie rock, this video documents Blitzen Trapper at peak critical momentum on Sub Pop. Its single-take, zero-edit, mobile-capture methodology represents an important data point in the transition of music video production toward…

The director

Luke Norby is a Pacific Northwest-native multimedia director, video designer, and editor; graduate of the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts; theater video credits include productions at The Public Theater and La Mama (NYC); contributor to Sundance…