Julia Shapiro Finds Delight in Suburban Doldrums in “A Couple Highs” Video
Photo by Eleanor Petry
Just a couple miles north of Seattle, far out of sight of the iconic Space Needle and shiny new Amazon buildings, lies a suburban landscape marked out in strip malls and endless rows of stark pine trees. The sky seems permanently pale—never quite blue, never quite gray. It is this washed-out landscape that Julia Shapiro chose as the setting of the music video for her latest single, “A Couple Highs.”
The video, directed by Claire Buss, pays homage to Kelly Reichardt’s Pacific Northwest-set film Wendy and Lucy, starring Michelle Williams as a drifter whose closest companion is her dog Lucy. Shapiro, of Chastity Belt and CHILDBIRTH fame, strides around a bingo hall, a bowling alley and donut shop, accompanied by her equally blonde and curly-haired dog. The shots are punctuated with quiet moments of joy, like Shapiro getting a strike or sharing a mini donut with her canine pal.
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