TV Priest - One Easy Thing

What this video is

Released February 15, 2022, 'One Easy Thing' arrived as TV Priest's first single following their acclaimed 2021 debut LP 'Uppers' on Sub Pop Records, signalling a shift toward more confessional and personal songwriting. The video channels the anxieties of everyday internal struggle through medieval allegory — a wounded knight performing a danse macabre — mapping psychological conflict onto physical, historical…

Why it matters

Represents the arthouse wing of the 2020s British post-punk revival, wherein bands operating in the Sub Pop / UK independent ecosystem deploy high-concept, film-stock visuals to elevate single releases beyond conventional performance videos. The 16mm monochrome aesthetic and surrealist narrative…

The director

London-based film director and photographer. Music video credits include TV Priest's 'Decoration' (2020), 'Press Gang', and 'One Easy Thing' (2022), Billie Marten's 'Creature of Mine' (2021), 'Liquid Love', and 'Drop Cherries', and Willie J. Healey's 'Heavy…