Pissed Jeans - Bathroom Laughter

What this video is

Released February 12, 2013 as the lead video from Pissed Jeans' fourth album Honeys on Sub Pop Records, 'Bathroom Laughter' arrives at the height of a noise-rock and post-punk underground revival operating in tension with mainstream indie. The video's parody of infomercial and public-access television culture taps into a broader early-2010s vein of absurdist alt-comedy (Tim & Eric, Adult Swim) that was…

Why it matters

A landmark in early-2010s noise-rock music video aesthetics, 'Bathroom Laughter' demonstrates how underground acts on major indie labels (Sub Pop) could produce high-concept, narratively sophisticated videos on minimal budgets by leveraging absurdist comedy networks. It exemplifies the…

The director

Los Angeles-based filmmaker working in comedy television, music videos, commercials, and documentary. Directed music videos for Modest Mouse, Future Islands, The Bird and the Bee, and multiple Pissed Jeans videos. Directed Adult Swim special 'Mother May I…