Death From Above 1979 are the focus of a new documentary called Life After Death From Above 1979, due out on October 7th through Vimeo On Demand.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the film will chronicle the 10 years between the Canadian group’s debut album, 2004’s You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine, and their newly released follow-up, The Physical World. In addition to interviews with the band, the Eva Michon-directed documentary will feature cameos from members of The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Justice, and Metric, among others.
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Watch a trailer below.
Check out a description provided by the film’s production company:
In 2001, after years of playing in various bands, living together, and bonding over a mutual desire to continue playing music while peers abandoned rock n’ roll to follow more traditional career paths, Jesse Keeler (bass) and Sebastien Grainger (drums), started a band out of boredom and necessity. They hammered out their sound in an unfinished basement in the east end of Toronto, and the result is what many have described as “an elephant in your living room.”
They were propelled into the limelight based on the strength of their raucous live performances and the release of their seminal album, You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004). But as the band’s success grew internationally, their friendship became strained due to constant travel, and little-to-no buffer between them. Over the course of grueling schedules and never-ending tours, they broke up in 2006, right after the biggest tour of their careers, and ended the band before reaching potential stardom.
AdvertisementIn 2011, after five years of silence between them, and each focused on their own musical projects and respective lives, Jesse and Sebastien decided to reunite for one show: the legendary Coachella Music and Arts Festival. Life After Death From Above 1979 tells the story their rise, break-up, and coming back from the dead.