METZ - Come On Down (feat. Joe Talbot)

What this video is

Released September 12, 2022, 'Come On Down' emerged from sessions originally begun during the Atlas Vending recording period (2020) and completed as a pandemic-era collaboration. METZ's Alex Edkins described reaching out to 'friends from far and wide' to recreate the community feeling of live music. Joe Talbot of Bristol post-punk band IDLES — a longtime touring companion of METZ — provided vocals, cementing a…

Why it matters

The track represents a landmark in early-2020s noise rock cross-pollination, uniting Toronto's foremost Sub Pop-backed noise-punk trio with the frontman of the UK's most politically charged post-punk band. It documents the genre's internationalization and the pandemic-era collaborative impulse…

The director

Bass Tone is the credited director of the official music video for METZ's 'Come On Down' (feat. Joe Talbot), released September 12, 2022 via Sub Pop Records. The name appears to function as a pseudonym or collective identity. No further verified biographical…