Synopsis

Zoot Woman perform inside an uncanny countryside that looks familiar but behaves like a corrupted digital image. The park, trees, grass, sky, and even people sitting on benches flicker and vibrate with electronic distortion. The band performance is intercut with curious close-ups and rapidly shifting details, while the instrumental section transforms the setting into a fast-moving cityscape. The video mirrors the song's melancholy and synthetic energy by presenting nature and urban space as unstable, artificial environments.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was shot in high definition and built around a combination of band performance, a simple narrative, and extensive post-production design.

• The visual concept was a digitally distorted surreal world for the band to inhabit. Solarized film transfers, unusual pan-and-scan effects, matte paintings, and compositing were combined to create the countryside setting.

• The production team used electronic noise derived from the audio track as part of the video's visual texture. Software crashes were also recorded and incorporated into the finished effects.

• During the instrumental passage, the pastoral environment gives way to a rapidly moving city. The buildings were created in Maya, texture-mapped with photographs, and layered with animated noise and scratch textures.

• "Grey Day" was released as a single from Zoot Woman's self-titled 2003 album. It reached number 83 on the UK Singles Chart.

• The song later appeared in David Benedek's 2006 snowboard film "91 Words for Snow," helping introduce Zoot Woman's music to parts of the snowboarding audience.