Corridor - Mourir Demain

JUL 01 2024 · 12:00

Corridor - Mourir Demain (2024) Director: Paul Jacobs Era: Post-Pandemic Indie Revival (2024) - Montreal francophone indie rock embraces psychedelia and contemplative maturity on Sub Pop, marking a return after a five-year hiatus shaped by pandemic-era remote collaboration High curatorial value as a document of Montreal's thriving francophone indie underground at a moment of international visibility. The video uniquely unites two significant figures from the same ecosystem, Corridor and Paul Jacobs, in a work that exemplifies the DIY animated music video form. Its extreme editing pace (803 cuts, 0.26s avg shot) and psychedelic warm palette make it a technically distinctive artifact for study of animation-driven visual rhythm. As the lead single for Corridor's Sub Pop return after five years, it also marks a culturally significant reentry point in the band's discography. Context: Released January 23, 2024 as the lead single from Corridor's fourth album Mimi (Sub Pop/Bonsound, April 26, 2024), 'Mourir Demain' (lit. 'Die Tomorrow') marks the Montreal quartet's first new music since Junior (2019). The five-year gap was shaped by pandemic-era remote collaboration that pushed the band beyond its guitar-centric identity. Thematically, the song confronts adult mortality, vocalist Jonathan Robert wrote it while shopping for life insurance, reflecting the contemplative maturity that defines Mimi as an album about getting older. The animated video by fellow Montreal artist Paul Jacobs situates the song within a psychedelic visual language rooted in the city's prolific DIY indie underground, connecting Corridor's sonic evolution to a broader Québec francophone indie ecosystem operating simultaneously on domestic (Bonsound) and global (Sub Pop) stages. Director notes: The 'Mourir Demain' video is a fully animated work directed, animated, and illustrated by Paul Jacobs. Confirmed by Stereogum, Exclaim!, Bonsound official press release, and Sub Pop Records official announcement, all published January 23, 2024. The animation accompanies the lead single from Corridor's fourth album Mimi (Sub Pop/Bonsound, April 26, 2024). Jacobs has noted in interviews that animated music video work is highly time-consuming and he takes on such external commissions selectively. The video's hyper-rapid editing pace (803 cuts across ~208 seconds, avg. shot 0.26s) reflects Jacobs' kinetic illustration style merged with the song's 122 BPM psychedelic energy.