Today, Anishinaabe post punk band, Ribbon Skirt, announce their new album Bite Down due out April 11 via Mint Records.
Ribbon Skirt also share ‘Wrong Planet’ music video, filmed in the colourful and kitschy setting of a prom dress store on Montreal’s iconic St. Hubert Plaza, the video mirrors the song’s emotional extremes, capturing the tension between chaos and restraint. Buswa’s frustrated vocals—”I think I don’t love you / I really love you”—play out amidst a backdrop of shimmering gowns and flickering lights, embodying the internal conflict that drives the song. It’s the feeling of being stuck in a world that you fundamentally don’t fit into, and weighing the decision of whether to perform a different version of yourself to fit in.
The video’s visual narrative blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, and as the song reaches its explosive outro, Buswa’s scream reverberates through space from behind a cracked glass, echoing the disorienting feeling of being trapped in a whirlwind of choices. ‘Wrong Planet’ is a journey through emotional chaos, filmed in a space that feels like both an escape and a prison—trapped in a glass box looking out as the world walks by, disinterested while Buswa wrestles with the endless cycle of uncertainty, never knowing which path will lead to acceptance.
The video was directed by Ana-Maria Espino Trudel, with assistant director Colin Ratchford. Laura Jeffrey and Heather Lynn star as dancers.
Bite Down:
- Deadhorse
- Cellophane
- Off Rez
- Wrong Planet
- Mountains
- Cut
- 41
- Look What You Did
- Earth Eater
