Constantines - Working Full-Time

What this video is

Released in 2005 to accompany the album Tournament of Hearts (Three Gut Records / Sub Pop), this video documents Constantines at the peak of their critical ascent. The song is a working-class anthem drawing thematic lineage from Studs Terkel's oral history Working, situating the band within a tradition of blue-collar rock advocacy. Constantines were Guelph-to-Toronto transplants operating in a Canadian indie…

Why it matters

A key artifact of the 2000s Canadian post-punk revival, Working Full-Time crystallizes the Constantines' art-punk identity—part Fugazi urgency, part Springsteen working-class humanism—released on Sub Pop at a moment when Canadian indie rock (Arcade Fire, Weakerthans, Constantines) achieved…