Wah Wah Club's dark Gothic fantasy in the animated "Black Rainbow" (Official Video)

Official Video

The Official Video for Wah Wah Club's Gothic fantasy "Black Rainbow" is a dark fantasy produced by Ru Cook (Lost Boys Studio) and Sarah Harrison (Harrison Illustration) in an artisan video style they have dubbed 'Nouveau Collage'. While the dark fantasy imagery has whimsical moments the impetus of the song itself speaks of lead singer / guitarist Daniel Buckland's battle with drug addition and his journey through rehab. Black Rainbow referring to the constant "ever present enslavement of craving that can't quite be shaken off and follows wherever he goes..."

The song Black Rainbow (itself) within it's heavy rock sound has elements of grunge tones and proggy art rock jaggedness, a sense of 90's rock is there too. A great mix of motifs with dark yet romantic poetry.
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Robb Donker Curtius




THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

Wah Wah Club hail from the much maligned U.K city of Milton Keynes (an apocalyptic burning version of which, features in the video) . 

Their sound could be labelled ‘post-grunge’, with influences from Queens of the Stone Age, through to Nirvana, Placebo & The Killers. 

Their latest release ‘Black Rainbow' was originally written as a love song but took a dark turn reflecting a dark time in the band’s life.

‘Black Rainbow’ is a gothic fantasy that narrates singer Daniel Buckland’s journey through drug addiction & rehab. 

The ‘Black Rainbow’ of the title, eludes to the ever present enslavement of craving, that can’t quite be shaken off & follows wherever he goes….

The video was produced by Ru Cook (Lost Boys Studio) & Sarah Harrison (Harrison Illustration), & filmed entirely against green-screen to create a new kind of artisan video style, the pair have dubbed ‘Nouveau Collage’.



Mixing hand-painted backdrops with computer generated worlds, the sets are built with a puppet theatre aesthetic in mind, with moody futuristic spotlights casting gothic shadows for the Black Rainbow’s overall feeling of technicoloured darkness.

The viewer is taken on an animated journey through multiple dimensions, in a single continuous camera move from start to finish.