METZ - Drained Lake

What this video is

Released October 2017 as the official video for 'Drained Lake,' the second track and second single from METZ's third album Strange Peace (Sub Pop / Royal Mountain Records, September 22, 2017). The track and video arrived amid a period of acute political and social uncertainty — Strange Peace was widely read as a politically charged record responding to the instability of the Trump-era political climate. The song's…

Why it matters

Emblematic of the mid-2010s noise rock / post-hardcore music video aesthetic, which frequently paired aggressive sonic textures with surrealist or absurdist visual counterpoints rather than conventional performance footage. The mixed live-action/animation format, DIY-adjacent production design,…

The director

Shayne Ehman is a Canadian director, artist, animator, and musician. Co-directed the animated feature Asphalt Watches (2013) with Seth Scriver, which won Best Canadian First Feature Film at TIFF 2013. Also credited on Abandoned: Angelique's Isle (2018) and…