New video available now
Multi-platinum Danish rockers Volbeat have shared their new music video for “Wait A Minute My Girl.” The music video was directed by Sean Donnelly, founder of AWESOME+modest, with collages by Mengqing Yuan, and animation by Steve Yeung. AWESOME+modest is an animation studio based in Los Angeles that specializes in mixed media techniques. They most recently created all of the animation in the HBO documentary miniseries The Lady and the Dale, Marvel’s Behind the Mask and Showtime’s The One and Only Dick Gregory.
“After seeing the work they did on The Lady and the Dale we knew that Sean and the team at Awesome+modest could do something trippy and creative for ‘Wait A Minute My Girl,'” the band shares. “This video exceeded even our wildest expectations. It’s weird, fun and crazy – we absolutely love it.”
“Wait A Minute My Girl” is one of two new tracks the band has shared recently along with “Dagen Før.” The songs, the band’s first new music since 2019’s album Rewind, Replay, Rebound, were written and recorded while the world was in lockdown during the pandemic. Michael, Kaspar and Jon recorded their parts with long-time producer Jacob Hansen in Denmark, while Rob worked remotely from New York.
“Wait A Minute My Girl” features saxophone player Doug Corcoran and piano player Raynier Jacob Jacildo, who both perform with JD McPherson’s band and previously appeared with Volbeat on 2019’s “Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon).” Singer Mia Maja, who has worked with the band since Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie, also appears on backing vocals. “Dagen Før” features guest vocals from Danish artist Stine Bramsen, who is known for her solo work as well as being a member of the band Alphabeat. The song, in the tradition of “The Garden’s Tale,” “Maybele I Hofteholder” and “For Evigt,” features both English and Danish lyrics, and marks the first commercially-released song that features Stine singing in her native Danish.
A vinyl-only bonus track compilation, Hokus Bonus, was originally made available on limited edition vinyl on RSD Black Friday 2020 and will be available in a new, limited European version and a North American standard version on July 16th. The band eagerly await their return to the road beginning this October with an appearance on Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, CA.
