WHOOP-SZO "Mirror North" release

Experimental Canadian unit WHOOP-Szo split their time between Southern Ontario and the Ungava Bay Inuit community of Salluit, QC, making music that blurs the lines between genres like sludge, folk and psychedelic rock. Now, those two locations come together in the band's new video for "Mirror North" — and Exclaim! has got the clip's premiere. 
  
The visuals blend footage from London and Salluit, highlighting the similarities and differences between the places, and exploring the theme of change versus familiarity. Band member Kirsten Palm offered the following statement about the new video: 
  
Even though things are continuously changing, they can also, simultaneously, have a propensity for staying the same. It is fun to observe transformation and permanence overlapping. This is true of all places. Not just my little Northern village, but in Southern cities as well. Unfortunately, in the city, sometimes it is harder to observe this overlap due to the large scale of the spaces we travel in our day-to-day. I think, as well, that Southern Canadian culture has more of an eye for modification than it does for permanence. As the song says "There's hardly even a tree." We are changing our cities faster than nature can keep up. 
  
In Salluit, there are no roads in or out of the village. Although it can sometimes feel limiting to find yourself in the same few kilometres day after day, the overarching familiarity of space creates an intimacy that is not possible elsewhere, even when those spaces change — especially when those spaces change. This is a prominent reason why I love Salluit. No matter where I am, in or around the village, I feel connected, continuously. I don't think I can say the same thing about living in the city. As we've said before; The North is a place of healing. 
  
Despite the calming familiarity of hometowns, the band will be packing up and venturing across the country on tour this summer. You can see the list of upcoming shows below, and scroll past that to get your first look at the video for "Mirror North." 
  
Tour dates: 
  
06/24 Calgary, AB - Sled Island 
06/26 Calgary, AB - Sled Island 
06/26 Edmonton, AB - Wunder Bar 
06/27 Calgary, AB - Side Track 
06/28 Nelson, BC - The Royal 
06/30 Abbotsford, BC - TBA 
07/01 Vancouver, BC - Astoria 
07/04 Victoria, BC - Goat Fest 
07/05 Vancouver, BC - Thor's Palace 
07/06 TBA 
07/07 Saskatoon, SK - Sound and Silence Collective 
07/08 Winnipeg, MB - Garrick 
07/09 Thunder Bay, ON - Apollo 
07/10 Owen Sound, ON - TBA 
07/11 London, ON - Collateral Jamage 
07/17 Guelph, ON - Incline/Decline 
07/23 Halifax, NS - Menz & Molly Bar 
07/24 Saint John, NB - Taco Pica 
07/25 Fredericton, NB- Shifty Bits Circus 
O8/01 Meaford, ON - Electric Eclectics Festival