Local post-rock/experimental fiends, Yoo Doo Right, are back with another music video, this time with a run time of 6:00 minutes and the animation wizardry of one Jared Karnas. “The Failure of Stiff, Tired Friends,” has a circadian rhythm to it, following the story of an unnamed character as he interacts with strange characters under Montreal skies. The video feels like a graphic novel, touching on the mysterious nature of a morning and late-night stroll. Musically, the track follows a trance-like synth line and puts you into a haze, with calming bass, motorik drum beats, and some guitar arpeggios that could be compared to Ennio Morricone if he fronted a psych-rock troupe.
It’s a song of reprieve and needed to counteract the onslaught of heavy distortion on the band’s upcoming and highly anticipated album A Murmur, Boundless To The East, out in June.
“The mood from this piece by Yoo Doo Right brings out a feeling I’m well accustomed to, which comes when we walk alone in the city, either very late at night, or very early in the morning. This moment of twilight that comes with sadness and loneliness, as we head back home after an evening that drew on. Time stops, we encounter people along the way, we hear the birds sing, yet we are lost in our thoughts, detached from our surroundings. It is this moment afloat that I set out to illustrate in this video.”
– Animator Jared Karnas
