““Its shuffling and its surfing and its really bad for the brain.”
– Reuben Wu
Ladytron is the last band one would expect to see wandering through the haunted shacks and abandoned junkyards of California’s high desert. But in the video for their new single “Ghosts” there is a sun-drenched sinister nature to that environment that suits the British band perfectly. Shot entirely on film, the video follows the impeccably dressed quartet through a dusty landscape of weather worn pianos and broken down vintage cars; a surreal place inhabited by oversized rabbits and where cars speed down the highway with no driver behind the wheel. Its the video that Ladytrons Reuben Wu considers his favorite the band has done thus far.
“Out in the desert shooting that was probably my favorite time out in North America. Ever. I’ve never been out there before. I’d driven through Joshua Tree, just exploring by myself, but I’ve never actually been to the high desert,” Wu told SuicideGirls. “We were out there or three days and it was so beautiful, the sunsets. It was so cool. The crew were really pro, everything was all shot on film, lots of ideas. It’s definitely our favorite video so far.”
Recorded in Paris, France, the band’s newest album, Velocifero, is an extraordinary collection of dreamy, complex pop songs. SuicideGirls woke up Reuben Wu from a nap to talk about why Velocifero (which means “bringer of speed”) is Ladytron’s most diverse and cohesive album yet.
Read our exclusive interview with Reuben Wu on SuicideGirls.com.
