Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The official music video for Izaak Opatz's new single "Chinook Wind" out now on Mama Bird Recording Co. Stream/buy/save/share: https://smarturl.it/mb049
Directed by Michael T. Workman
Production Assistant - Cari Maus
Starring - Izaak Opatz
Miranda - Sophia Maria De La Lucia
Stunt Double - Jackson Yates
Man in a Coat - Josh Vanek
Man in the Portable Potty - Michael Workman
Mögenroth - Elma
/// Credits:
Written by Izaak Opatz
Produced by Malachi DeLorenzo, Izaak Opatz & Dylan Rodrigue
Engineered & Mixed by Malachi DeLorenzo
Mastered by Kevin Ratterman
/// Players:
Izaak Opatz: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Trombone, Accordion
Malachi DeLorenzo: Drums, Backing Vocals
Dylan Rodrigue: Bass, Keys, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jordan Bush: Saxophone
/// Lyrics:
We started arguing on the on-ramp
Of Interstate 90 West
As the engine strained to recollect fifth gear
And I struggled to keep my head
For the last month, I’d been scratching your name
With my fingernail in the frost
Of the windowpane in the attic of a friend’s
I’d been staying since you broke it off
Then out of the blue, you asked me on a date
To a hot springs out of town
And on Valentine’s Day, no less, I knew I should
But I could never turn you down
Now I’m sitting in the steam with a cold gin & tonic
Sweating in a plastic cup
Trying to make sense of your sudden change of heart
If that’s what it really was
You swept in like a Chinook wind
Blowing warm through the woods
A pulse of June in the middle of the winter
Can do more harm than good
You thawed out my resistance
And I let you back in
You were unseasonably warm
As a Chinook wind
Watching the snow crying off the pine trees
Standing around the edge of the pool
Their bare green needles naked in the cold
I started to feel like a fool
Maybe I was dying in the high Himalaya
In the final stages of undress
Just then I felt you swim up behind me like a reaper
And softly kiss the back of my neck
You swept in like a Chinook wind
Blowing warm through the woods
A pulse of June in the middle of the winter
Can do more harm than good
You thawed out my resistance
And I let you back in
You were unseasonably warm
As a Chinook wind
The official music video for Izaak Opatz's new single "Chinook Wind" out now on Mama Bird Recording Co. Stream/buy/save/share: https://smarturl.it/mb049
Directed by Michael T. Workman
Production Assistant - Cari Maus
Starring - Izaak Opatz
Miranda - Sophia Maria De La Lucia
Stunt Double - Jackson Yates
Man in a Coat - Josh Vanek
Man in the Portable Potty - Michael Workman
Mögenroth - Elma
/// Credits:
Written by Izaak Opatz
Produced by Malachi DeLorenzo, Izaak Opatz & Dylan Rodrigue
Engineered & Mixed by Malachi DeLorenzo
Mastered by Kevin Ratterman
/// Players:
Izaak Opatz: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Trombone, Accordion
Malachi DeLorenzo: Drums, Backing Vocals
Dylan Rodrigue: Bass, Keys, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jordan Bush: Saxophone
/// Lyrics:
We started arguing on the on-ramp
Of Interstate 90 West
As the engine strained to recollect fifth gear
And I struggled to keep my head
For the last month, I’d been scratching your name
With my fingernail in the frost
Of the windowpane in the attic of a friend’s
I’d been staying since you broke it off
Then out of the blue, you asked me on a date
To a hot springs out of town
And on Valentine’s Day, no less, I knew I should
But I could never turn you down
Now I’m sitting in the steam with a cold gin & tonic
Sweating in a plastic cup
Trying to make sense of your sudden change of heart
If that’s what it really was
You swept in like a Chinook wind
Blowing warm through the woods
A pulse of June in the middle of the winter
Can do more harm than good
You thawed out my resistance
And I let you back in
You were unseasonably warm
As a Chinook wind
Watching the snow crying off the pine trees
Standing around the edge of the pool
Their bare green needles naked in the cold
I started to feel like a fool
Maybe I was dying in the high Himalaya
In the final stages of undress
Just then I felt you swim up behind me like a reaper
And softly kiss the back of my neck
You swept in like a Chinook wind
Blowing warm through the woods
A pulse of June in the middle of the winter
Can do more harm than good
You thawed out my resistance
And I let you back in
You were unseasonably warm
As a Chinook wind
