CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above

What this video is

Released as the international debut single from CSS's Sub Pop-issued album Cansei de Ser Sexy (July 2006, US), this video arrived at the height of the mid-2000s post-punk/indie-dance crossover. CSS — a São Paulo sextet formed in 2003 — were the first South American act signed to Sub Pop Records. The song title directly references Canadian noise-rock duo Death from Above, embedding the Brazilian band into a wider…

Why it matters

A canonical artifact of mid-2000s indie dance-punk, the video represents the convergence of Brazilian underground art-school culture with the Anglosphere's blog-house and new-rave moment. Its DIY visual language, fast editing, and lo-fi warmth are formally inseparable from the era's…

The director

Cat Solen is a Chicago-rooted, Los Angeles-based film and television director who studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She began directing music videos while still enrolled at SAIC, with early work for Bright Eyes and CSS airing on…