Battles - Fort Greene Park

What this video is

Released October 30, 2019, as a single from Battles' fourth album 'Juice B Crypts' (Warp Records, October 18, 2019), the video arrives at a moment when the band had reconfigured as a duo following the departure of bassist Dave Konopka. Set in and around Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn — a neighborhood with deep personal significance to guitarist Ian Williams — the video embeds the band's music into the lived urban…

Why it matters

Represents a mature entry point in the experimental/math-rock music video tradition, where the visual form mirrors the music's procedural, additive compositional logic through an escalating inventory of locomotion modes. Continues Battles' history of concept-driven visuals that avoid conventional…

The director

New York City-based filmmaker born in the Philippines and raised in Florida. Obtained an MFA in creative writing at NYU. Rose to prominence through skateboard filmmaking, creating the award-winning full-length skate film 'Spirit Quest' (2016). Transitioned…