Ahead of their UK tour dates next week, Calpurnia have dropped kaleidoscopic visuals for Wasting Time.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. you know the rest. Travelling in time and space, Calpurnia take us on a fantastic journey to the fantasy world in their new clip for WastingTime. The track is taken from the band’s Scout EP, which was released earlier this year.

Directed by an award-winning animator Martin MacPherson, the video tells a story about a civilisation brought back to life by the power of music. With its vibrant colour palette, it brilliantly reflects the peppy nature of the track.

MacPherson explains the process behind the video:

Certain music has a way of evoking vivid memories from your past. Good memories, bad memories, weird ones too. I wanted this video to depict a story of music bringing a civilization, frozen in time, back to life with all those beautiful, ugly and strange memories being revived, at least for the length of the song.

I think there can be a danger to living in the past too much however and at a certain point it’s time to move on.

I was inspired by Jason Bartel’s Cover Art for the band’s EP and wanted to continue that aesthetic throughout as a post-cataclysmic version of the world you see in the art for City Boy and Greyhound.

Calpurnia’s lead vocalist and guitarist Finn Wolfhard noted:

We are really happy to make an animated video and happier still to have worked with Marty. His style is very unique and I don’t think there is anything else out there that looks like this video. Marrying his images to our music is super cool.

Calpurnia are set to arrive in the UK next week for their first shows outside the US and Canada. They will also play an early evening in-store show at Rough Trade East on November 30th.

November

28 – Manchester, Club Academy (SOLD OUT)

29 – London, KOKO (SOLD OUT)

30 – London, Rough Trade East (In-Store)