Haken have premiered an animated video for their new song “Canary Yellow.” This track is from the band’s new album “Virus,” which will be released on June 5.
The group commented:
“For ‘Canary Yellow’, we went in a more alternative direction, since we’re all big fans of bands like Radiohead, Elbow and Peter Gabriel. Those are artists who can portray quite dark subject matter through really beautiful music. Since the ‘Virus’ album is intended to be a metaphor for various negative tropes of society, we wanted to explore this idea in a variety of ways. ‘Canary Yellow’ deals with the suppression of physical and mentally abusive relationships; something that can often remain hidden behind a seemingly happy facade.
We once again returned to longtime visual collaborators Crystal Spotlight for this ambitious animation and we’re absolutely thrilled with how well the visuals complement and enhance the atmosphere of the song. The video shows a seemingly idyllic family environment, but with a sense of sadness beneath the surface and absolute devastation looming on the horizon. They go about their day oblivious to the fact that they are mannequins living in a 1950s-style ‘Doom Town’ experiment.”
The band will also be going in-depth on how “Canary Yellow” was written and produced during a livestream on Twitch on May 8 at 6 p.m. U.K. time.
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