DFA1979 Train Wreck 1979
I had the pleasure of designing and animating this the video for the debut single from the much-anticipated new Death From Above 1979 LP : The Physical World.
When Singer / drummer Sebastien Grainger approached me to work on the piece, he had already created the artwork for the single — which featured buttons on a jacket. That hero Trainwreck 1979 button was actually part of a series of amazing song logos for all the cuts on the new LP by long time DFA1979 design collaborator and all around righteous dude Dennis Chow.
We expanded on those ideas by breaking out the lyrics of the song across 80+ unique button designs and shot them with our newly minted stop-motion rig running Dragonframe.
This is the best type of project — working with your friends to make something cool for something you believe in.
Specials thanks to House of Vintage, Chosen Vintage, Black Market and King of Kensington for all the jackets and to Crucial Pins for the custom buttons.
UPDATE: The video has (not too surprisingly) received a mountain of attention. After just three and half days, its cracked 100,000 views! Lots of press too reposting too:
Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/death-from-above-1979-offer-blistering-new-song-trainwreck-1979-20140708
NME: http://www.nme.com/news/death-from-above-1979/78402
Spin: http://www.spin.com/articles/death-from-above-1979-trainwreck-1979-physical-world-stream/
Consequence of Sound: http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/07/listen-death-from-above-1979s-new-song-trainwreck-1979/
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Hi! Theres any kind of making of or extra footage somewhere?
Thanks and congrats for the nice work!
Thank you! I’m afraid here’s no bonus material at this time. 🙁
Hi!
Amazing video. Where can I buy replica buttons???
This video came out kickass! I wanted to build a display case to hold all of these pins in and aluminate it in my garage where I spend most of my time. Is there any way to purchase everyone of the pins in the video all the same size?
Glad you dig it! It was super fun to put together. Unfortunately, the buttons are not available. They made a series buttons with artwork for each of the songs on The Physical World, but that’s it.