Michel Gondry directs the new ‘Model Village’ of IDLES Video: Watch

Bristol’s IDLES have shared an animated music video for a new song called “Model Village.” It was co-directed by Michel Gondry, the French director behind Ivich Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, as well as music videos for Radiohead, the Chemical Brothers, Björk, Daft Punk, and others. Gondry directed the “Model Village” video with his brother Olivier Gondry. Check out the visual (created in collaboration with WePresent) below.

Michel Gondry explained to WePresent:

Olivier [Gondry] and I was excited to work on this because we use completely opposite techniques. I work with a primitive system to cut paper and move it per frame under the lens frame. Then Olivier transforms it by morphing, throwing and CGI …. In principle, in the first part we try to illustrate the texts as closely as possible, to make the world, and then in the second half …. they go to the month.

“Model Village” is taken from IDLES ‘upcoming album Ultra Mono, the sequel to her 2018 sophomore album Joy as a refutation. The new album will be released on September 25 via Partisan.