CSS - Off The Hook

What this video is

Released in 2007 during CSS's international breakthrough on Sub Pop Records, 'Off the Hook' captures the São Paulo indie underground's collision with global new rave and indie sleaze culture. The band — labelled as part of the new rave explosion of the late 2000s — made this video entirely in-house, shot at a band member's home by guitarist Ana Rezende. This self-directed, domestic production mirrors the band's…

Why it matters

A primary artifact of the mid-2000s Brazilian indie-electro movement and its international sub-pop crossover moment. The video's unpolished domestic aesthetic directly embodies the DIY visual grammar of new rave and indie sleaze, making it a key document for studying how non-Anglophone indie acts…

The director

Ana Maria de Rezende Versiani dos Anjos (born 19 March 1983) is a Brazilian film director and musician. She serves as guitarist and keyboardist for CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy). She directed both the 'Off the Hook' and 'Alala' music videos for the band's debut…