snarls - ＂Walk In The Woods＂

What this video is

Released August 2019, 'Walk In The Woods' emerged from a fertile period in the US indie underground characterized by Bandcamp-native acts blending emo's emotional directness with dream-pop's shimmering sonics and pop-punk's energy — a movement championed by Stereogum and college radio. Snarls, a Columbus, Ohio four-piece who self-describe as 'glitter emo alt rock,' produced this video entirely in-house, embodying…

Why it matters

A key early document of the 'glitter emo' micro-genre, blending shoegaze guitar textures, dream-pop harmonies, and emo lyrical vulnerability into a pop-accessible format. The video's fully band-directed, zero-budget aesthetic is itself a genre signifier — aligning with contemporaries like Diet…

The director

Mick Martinez is the guitarist of Columbus, Ohio indie band Snarls and a music technology student at Capital University. He has served as director, mixer, mastering engineer, and recording engineer for the band's early releases, exemplifying the hands-on,…